A giant open air Buddha statue sits calmly at the Thubten Choekhorthang in Gelephu Thromde. The Buddha statue faces south to India, overlooking the junction of four prominent roads, coming from ...

Of the various mudras (postures) of Lord Buddha such as reclining, standing etc, this skilled craftsman prefers to make statues depicting the Samadhi posture. The reason, says P. Dharmaratne, is that ...

India is a land of rich heritage and cultural diversity which is home to some of the most magnificient statues in the world.

Sanjoudou, a workshop specializing in wooden Buddha restoration From ... pair of 700-year-old Nio guardian statues for Saishoji, a temple with 1,300 years of history, also in Tochigi Prefecture.

R&B singer Akon has recorded a video with a Buddha statue in the background and two bikini-clad girls. Quite rightly, the Sri Lanka government refused him a visa to visit Sri Lanka. Buddhists are ...

Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk ... (Claudine Bautze-Pictron) This week in our history we're with the gods or, in this case, as near to the gods as ...

The museum aims to reclaim 350 Buddha bronzes excavated from Nagapattinam, now dispersed across museums in India and abroad, ...

Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on ...

and a Gold Buddha statue exhibition (third floor). The Chinatown museum narrates the history of Bangkok’s Chinatown through various models and write-ups. It displays the evolution of Chinese trade and ...

People from far and wide come to participate in these events that describe the life history of Gautama Buddha. Some temples display statues of Gautama Buddha depicting his earlier years. The statues ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero soon after the atomic bombing to provide emotional support for survivors, is finally coming home after disappearing for ...