Buddha Pujaniya festival of world’s largest reclining Buddha image held
A Buddha Pujaniya festival of the world’s largest reclining Buddha image in the compound of Win Sein Tawya Monastery in Mawlamyine, Mon State, was held in conjunction with the 99th birthday anniversary of the late abbot of the monastery, the…
How the Gandharan Manuscripts Change Buddhist History
The Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts are leading scholars to rethink the origins of Mahayana Buddhism. Richard Salomon explores the recently-unearthed texts are changing Buddhist history. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Muneichi Nitta, 2003, ACC No: 2003.593.1. More…
Shattered Buddhist statues restored with help from the OI
UChicago institute helps reassemble ancient, rare art from first to 6th centuries Some of the earliest known statues depicting the Buddha have him in startling costume—draped in the lushly folded fabric of ancient Greece or Rome. Sometimes he has Greco-Roman…
Buddha idol installed at TIA
KATHMANDU: An idol of Lord Gautama Buddha has been installed at the premises of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai said the idol was installed as a part of the project to…
Experts to visit relic site – Cambodia
Experts from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts are planning a visit to Kuk mountain in Pursat province, where an ancient Buddhist carving was found last week. Lach Phengly, provincial director of the Culture and Fine Arts Department, yesterday…
390-foot Buddha the tallest in Japan
By THERON GODBOLD | Stars and Stripes | Published: December 19, 2019 If you’ve ever taken the Ken-o Expressway to Narita airport, you passed an unforgettably large statue of Buddha. About two hours northeast of Yokota Air Base, in a…
Islamabad Museum displays rare Buddha statue
Islamabad Museum displays rare Buddha statue Sculpture from period between 3rd and 4th century AD was discovered in 1960s Islamabad: The Islamabad Museum has put on display a rare statue of Buddha’s head after retrieving it from its reserves where…
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…
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…