Month: April 2023

VIENTIANE : Local residents made an exciting discovery of 14 Buddha images, 22 swords and a gong inside a cave in Nadee village in Viengthong district, Borikhamxay province. Based on their appearance, local authorities believe they could be antiquities and have asked archaeologists to verify the age of the artefacts. Director of the Borikhamxay​ provincial​…

A statue of Buddha has been discovered in Egypt’s ancient seaport of Berenice on the Red Sea, shedding light on trade ties with India under the Roman empire. A Polish-US mission discovered the statue “dating back to the Roman era while digging at the ancient temple in Berenice”, an antiquities ministry statement said on Wednesday.…

SINGAPORE – The famous statue of Phra Phrom – the god of good fortune and protection in Thailand – at Golden Mile Complex has vacated its shrine of more than two decades. Also known in Singapore as the four-faced Buddha, the statue will be relocated to Leong San See Temple in Race Course Road. Worshippers…

Mandala, lit. ‘circle’, is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction… A mandala generally represents a spiritual journey, starting from outside to the…