Xiamen-based ceramist Hong Jinshi is known for his unique ceramic sculptures blending modern cultural figures with traditional Buddhist iconography. One of his works is particularly fitting to the ...

As the city of the Sangam is alive with the sights and sounds of the Mahakumbh, we must look back to the place where the ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

Hyperbole is hard to avoid when a great artist leaves us, but it requires no enormous stretch to place David Lynch, who has died at 78, among the greatest film-makers of his generation. Maybe the ...

The Great Buddha Hall was destroyed by fire during wars in 1180 and again in 1567, and the Great Buddha image also suffered serious damage. The present head of the Buddha dates from the Edo period ...

Odisha’s links to Buddhism dates back to Mauryan Emperor Ashoka’s invasion of the ancient kingdom of Kalinga. But with ASI ...

A Reflective Biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar presents him as a human—a complex, dynamic figure from whom future ...

Tens of thousands of Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them out. The Israel-Hamas cease-fire was holding after faltering over the weekend. Bloodshed over ...

If you're driving in Illinois it is mandated your car must have a steering wheel, on Christmas Island the crabs get right of ...

"In Rwanda, there's no driving on Sundays." Thailand, meanwhile, takes a dim view of Buddha iconography. "It's illegal to disrespectfully transport Buddha statues or images there. So, it would be ...

The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and ...

The re-election of a dishonest and dangerous man to the presidency of the United States shows that the symbols of religion maintain their power in a secular age / By JAMES WALTERS The re-election ...