Month: June 2025

The discovery of Ghwandai Top in Swat, Pakistan, is being hailed as one of South Asia’s most significant archaeological finds. Located near Barikot, this hilltop site reveals a remarkable layering of civilisations—from Vedic and Indo-Greek to Buddhist, Brahmanical, and early Islamic periods. Excavated over four years by the Italian Archaeological Mission and local authorities, the…

This sculpture was made with rock, robotics and time. Its beauty stuns. Barry X Ball’s “Buddha” took years to make with the help of a studio team and a robot. It’s timeless. This Buddha — its head and shoulders the color of translucent flames, its torso pockmarked by wounds, its robes a rich burgundy —…

The statue “Fasting Buddha” is displayed at the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan. (Korea Heritage Agency) By Kang Gahui The Korea Heritage Service and the Korea Heritage Agency (KHA) on June 20 said that using 3D digital technology, they recorded the famous statue “Fasting Buddha” displayed at the Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pakistan. The artwork…

A scene from the ongoing “Meet Yungang: A Public Digital Art Exhibition” in Hong Kong. (Photo courtesy of the Yungang Research Institute) A digital art exhibition in Hong Kong featuring 3D-printed Buddha statues has received widespread praise from visitors. The “Meet Yungang: A Public Digital Art Exhibition,” organized by the Yungang Research Institute in Datong,…

One abandoned Buffalo church sold for just $250,000 and transformed into something completely unexpected – revealing a revolutionary model that could reshape America’s religious landscape forever. This isn’t just another story about urban decay; it’s about how demographic shifts are quietly rewriting the spiritual map of entire communities. The conversion of St. Agnes Roman Catholic…

NEW DELHI: Recent excavations undertaken at the Tejpur Deora Stupa, also known as ‘Kesariya Stupa’, have exposed the true extent of the architecturally-imposing structure in Bihar’s East Champaran. A team of archeologists have observed existence of an additional terrace below the present ground level, suggesting, the structure is even grander than previously believed. According to…

The Rubin Museum of Art’s popular installation, the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, reopened to the public at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on 11 June. The move follows the Rubin’s closure of its Manhattan space in October 2024 and represents a new chapter in its evolution as a “global museum” without a fixed…

A compassionate goddess featuring primarily in the Buddhist pantheon, where she is also regarded as a bodhisattva, Tara has been conceptualised in various forms, both benign and fierce. Also venerated in Hinduism, particularly among Shakti worshippers, she numbers as one of the Mahavidyas, the ten manifestations of Maha Devi or the Great Goddess. In Buddhism,…