Today, after nearly 2,500 years, the Buddha’s symbolic gesture ... but religious art and architecture remain dominant. The pagoda is as much a part of the Burmese landscape as the rice paddy.

The square first storey has a niche in the center of each side with a Buddhist statue in it. Above each niche is a vertical stone inscribed with the name of the pagoda, the year and month of its ...

It's morning in Battersea Park in London, and I'm standing near the river, next to the Peace Pagoda ... it's one of the oldest known Buddhist symbols found in Indian art. In the sculpture ...

The real name of the pagoda, located in Fogong (Buddha's Palace) Temple in the northwestern corner of the county town of Yingxian, is Sakyamuni Pagoda. Since it was built completely of timber ...

The pagoda enshrines a relic of Buddha on the ceiling of its vast pillar ... "This helps you to learn the art of living. Only ...