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Month: November 2019

  • Myanmar Buddha statue donated to disaster-hit northeast Japan

    A consecration ceremony was held Monday for a Buddha statue donated by Myanmar for victims of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. Monks from the Southeast Asian country, which also suffered damage from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, offered prayers in front of the 5-meter-high marble statue. It was placed last […]

  • The highest Buddhist monastery in Eastern India

    The monastery is named after Acharya Padmasambhava, who was born in Odisha and is believed to have spread Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th century Paralakhemundi: Even though Lord Buddha had never stepped his foot in Odisha soil during his lifetime, the state has a rich heritage of Buddhism. In fact, Odisha is home to […]

  • Andhra Pradesh Ancient Buddhist panels in Prakasam district left in ruins

    They were found beneath the foundation of a temple at Chandavaram First century Buddhist panels were found in utter neglect beneath the foundation of a medieval temple at Chandavaram village, near Kurichedu, in Prakasam district even as the world celebrated the ‘Heritage week’. Basing on an information provided by a local historian Jyoti Chandramouli, Buddhist […]

  • Pakistani PM positive about exhibiting ‘Fasting Buddha’ statue in Korea: Jogye order official

    ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reacted positively to the query from a South Korean Buddhist leader to display the “Fasting Buddha” statue, a key Gandhara art piece, in South Korea, an official of the Jogye Order said Wednesday. Ven. Wonhaeng, the 36th President of Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist […]

  • Buddha relics from Sri Lanka to be enshrined at Bowonniwet Vihara temple

    BANGKOK – The government would like to invite Buddhists in Thailand to pay their respects to the hair relics of the Lord Buddha at Bowonniwet Vihara temple in Bangkok from December 10, 2019, to January 10 next year. The Head of the Buddha Relics Invitation Project, Adisak Panupong, and the President of the Do D […]

  • Exhibition on ancient Buddha statues opens in HCM City

    An exhibition featuring ancient Buddha statues which date back thousands of years has opened to the public at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition features hundreds of Buddha statues made from various materials and dating back throughout history. Buddhism entered Vietnam about two thousand years ago. It can be said […]

  • Buddha statue, imported from Thailand, unveiled at Ghantasala village

    The four-foot tall structure was imported from Thailand Former Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad and Buddhist monk Dhante Dhamma Dhaja on Tuesday unveiled a golden statue of Dhyana Buddha on the campus of the Archaeological Survey of India’s museum at Ghantasala village in Krishna district. The ASI Museum campus includes a Buddhist stupa, which is […]

  • 29-Meter-Tall Shakyamuni Buddha Sculpture Blown up in Jilin

    Outdoor religious statues continue to be destryed across China, local officials in charge threated to be dismissed if they disobey the central government orders. by Wang Anyang In mid-June, a 29-meter-tall carving of Shakyamuni Buddha on a mountain in Fengman district of Jilin city in the northeastern province of Jilin was destroyed with explosives because […]