FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 ...

Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet ...

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 ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

Som Rong Pagoda in Soc Trang City stands as a magnificent architectural site and houses the largest reclining Buddha statue ...

Only last month the Bangkok police launched a giant raid on the city’s antique shops that showed how far things have gone: 3,500 stolen Buddha statues or heads were recovered. Last week ...

The infant she holds is said to be 15 meters long, the same height as the famous Great Buddha statue at Todaiji ... Yasuo identified at least 15 giant Kannon statues in Japan.