A Malaysian snake temple list is incomplete without arguably the most famous of such temples in the country, namely the Snake Temple in Penang. That is the name it is most known by, but the Buddhist ...

From mythical guardians to symbols of transformation and terror, the snake has slithered its way into the annals of art ...

Nepal is more than just a gateway to the Himalayas—it’s a spiritual hub steeped in centuries-old traditions, sacred rituals, ...

And lining its lengthy walls is a rare full set of 1,000 wooden statues of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The human-sized statues were carved from Japanese cypress in the 12th and 13th ...

The current Chinese Lunar Year is considered as the year of the Wood Snake that starts January 29, 2025 and ends February 16, 2026. Snake is the 6th animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

Chinese New Year in Mexico City is every bit as riotous as you'd expect, with the capital's Chinatown coming to life in a blaze of color.

The wood of the cedar was used ... The Ashoka tree is also considered sacred to the goddess Shakti, who is believed to have rested under its shade. In Buddhism, the Ashoka tree holds a special ...

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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 ...

Back for a second year, Winteractive features more than 15 different outdoor art installations, some interactive, some enormous, all strewn across Downtown Boston, from immersive, Instagrammable ...

Pacific Triennial – the 11th in the series – that the most memorable work in the exhibition is a piece reprised from the ...