Odisha has a rich Buddhist heritage. Ratnagiri, part of the ‘Diamond Triangle’ of Ratnagiri, Udaygiri, and Lalitgiri, had a ...

Discover serenity at Yitongtiantai Guanyin Pavilion, a breathtaking masterpiece of architecture and spirituality nestled in Prachinburi.

Gelephu—His Holiness the Je Khenpo presided over the groundbreaking ceremony (Salhang Tendrel) for the Dorden Tashi Gomang, a ...

The stupas are different to the usual stupas and merit closer examination He saw some similarity between Kantarodai and Borobudur and asked could Kantarodai have been a centre for Tantric (Vajrayana) ...

Odisha’s links to Buddhism dates back to Mauryan Emperor Ashoka’s invasion of the ancient kingdom of Kalinga. But with ASI renewing excavation efforts in Ratnagiri, it has brought back focus on a site ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

The Je Khenpo is the head of the state religion, Vajrayana Buddhism. Bhutan’s dramatic landscapes range from the subtropical plains of the south to the towering snow-capped peaks in the north. This ...

The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ...

Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes us into cosmology of Vajrayana Buddhism, a form of Buddhism that originated in India in the 12th and 13th ...