NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

Photo: Getty Images/John W Banagan Japan: The Great Buddha of Kamakura Japan, Kamakura Prefecture: the Great Buddha ('Daibutsu') is one of Japan's most celebrated Buddhist figures. The 40-foot ...

The addition of other temples turned the site into one of Buddhism's holiest sites. Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved ...

the Leshan Giant Buddha in China, the Tian Tan Buddha Statue in Hong Kong, the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan, the Temple of Reclining Buddha in Bangkok, and the Ushiku Daibutsu in Japan.