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  • Tiny Ming dynasty Buddha found in WA dunes to be auctioned after BBC’s Antiques Roadshow appearance

    A tiny bronze Buddha statue found in the dunes of a WA beach is set to be auctioned off for around $100,000 after its origins were confirmed on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. Identified as a rare Ming dynasty collectable, the discovery of the statue in 2018 set off fierce debate among historians about how on […]

  • Three tonnes Buddha footprint on display in the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor museum

    Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum in Siem Reap province has been displaying the right Buddha Footprint statue for the public who wishes to research, study, and understand important information about religion, art, and history with events that took place more than 600-700 years ago in the Angkor area. The right Buddha Footprint statue has been exhibiting […]

  • Tibetan Buddhist event in China’s Gansu attracts believers, tourists

    More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province. Buddhists, Tibetan residents, and tourists gathered in the square in front of the monastery at around 9:00 a.m., waiting for […]

  • Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha’s golden footprints

    Devotees are returning in greater numbers to a central Myanmar temple, built around the gold-lined footprints of Buddha, after the Covid pandemic and a military coup curbed the annual pilgrimage. Advertising The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region, west of the military capital Naypyidaw, was built around footprints that, according to myth, the […]

  • Wat Traimit and the amazing tale of the world’s largest gold Buddha

    The awe-inspiring statue of Buddha, one of the most beautiful in the world, is a must-visit stop in Bangkok It is not the golden Buddha but the real gold Buddha. Thailand has many temples housing giant golden statues of Buddha but Wat Traimit houses a giant statue of Buddha made of pure gold. Although the […]

  • But Thap Pagoda – unique home of national treasures

    But Thap Pagoda, courtesy name Ninh Phuc Tu, is one of the most beautiful of its kind in the Red River Delta region and home to four groups of national treasures that have been kept almost intact. Hanoi (VNA) – But Thap Pagoda, courtesy name Ninh Phuc Tu, is one of the most beautiful of […]

  • Thailand gifts Taxila museum container for Buddha’s bone relics

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (APP): Thailand has gifted a state-of-the-art container for the bone relics of Lord Buddha to the Taxila Museum. The container was handed over at a ceremony held at Taxila Museum, which was attended by diplomats from the Embassy of Thailand, senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Director of […]

  • Searching for traces of the ancient Chola dynasty

    One of the world’s most remarkable—and little known—empires comes to life in south India with new heritage tours. The only thing left of the grand city of Gangaikondacholapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a temple amidst paddy fields. But for a time, it was an epicenter of medieval Southeast Asia and […]

  • 1,000-year-old Buddha statue found to contain a mummified monk

    A 1,000-year-old statue of the Buddha was taken in for some restoration work when researchers made the incredible discovery that there was somebody inside. The statue had been transported to Drents Museum in the Netherlands for some refreshment after 1,000 years when the mummified remains of a human being were discovered inside. Putting the statue […]