Armenian Indian archaeologist and photographer JD Beglar reported to the Archaeological Survey of India having seen as many ...

An Austrian tourist on a visit to the Aukana sacred city has taken a keen interest in ‘Clean Sri Lanka Programme’ initiated ...

A South Korean temple that claimed the ownership of a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple will return the statue to the original owner next spring, it has been learned. Buseoksa Temple in ...

A temple in South Korea says it will return a Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple after holding a memorial service for it next year. The statue has been designated a tangible cultural ...

According to the temple records called the Tōdaiji yōroku, casting of the statue began in 749 and construction of the Daibutsuden Great Buddha Hall was completed in 751. A grand ceremony to ...

A temple in Chiang Mai has sparked controversy after he announcing it had resumed construction of the world’s largest statue ...

the most revered of all Kamakura period Buddhist sculptors. Records from 1795 confirm that the two statues were originally displayed in the temple as a pair. Unkei was still alive when this ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

a monk named Haitong committed to constructing a statue in the likeness of Buddha, in the year 713 B.C.E. Legend has it that Haitong spent 20 years collecting alms to construct the temple.

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha ... making it the largest reclining Buddha statue in Thailand. The complex also houses the most Buddha's in all of Thailand. Along with the famous reclining ...

In 'Casting The Buddha,' Shashank Shekhar Sinha explores the journey of Buddhism in India through historical sites, stupas, ...