Vaishali’s Smriti Stupa to Open this Month with Monks from 15 Countries. India
Vaishali: The Buddha Samyak Darshan Museum-cum-Smriti Stupa, built in Vaishali, Bihar, is set to be inaugurated in the last week of July. The ceremony will see participation from Buddhist monks representing 15 countries, including China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal,…
Hindu statues, Buddhist temples: How and why Indian gods feature in Thai culture
By Sirinya Pakditawan You may certainly have noticed that Hindu gods are very prominent in Thai culture. Thus, there are often images of these gods in Thai temples and at Thai shrines. In fact, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the…
Nepal pavilion with Buddha statue main attraction at Beijing Expo 2019
KATHMANDU: The Nepal pavilion set up in ‘Beijing Expo-2019’ has been the attraction of the visitors. The pavilion with a 15 feet tall statue of Gutam Buddha in meditation posture in the middle, was inaugurated by President Bidya Devi Bhandari …
Statues of Buddha’s disciples
This photo provided by the National Museum of Korea on April 29, 2019, shows stone statues of Buddha’s disciples on display for a special exhibition. The same day, the museum opened the exhibition of 88 statues excavated from a temple…
Archaeologists unearth ancient Funan burial site in Prey Veng town
Archaeologists have unearthed six ancient graves in Tnort Tretvillage, in Prey Veng town’s Takor commune, concluding that the tombsdate from the Funan era between the first and fifth centuries AD. Funan is the name given to an Indianised Southeast…
Buddha statue returns to Peshawar Museum after being displayed in Switzerland
PESHAWAR: The 2,000 years old statue of Buddha that had been put on display at an exhibition in Switzerland has been returned to the Peshawar Museum after around three months, an official said on Sunday. Nawazuddin, spokesperson for Directorate of…
Ottawa monastery’s Buddha statue vandalized for the third time
Members of a Heron Road Buddhist community say they are fearful after a statue of the Buddha was vandalized for the third time. A surveillance camera caught a vandal hitting the statue with a piece of wood early Wednesday morning,…