Thein Sein, the general-turned-president who headed a semi-democratic military-backed government, had a 32-foot-tall standing marble Buddha statue built in Naypyitaw in 2015.

In addition to the young Buddha statue, the temple grounds include three other larger-than-life depictions of the Buddha sitting in meditation, standing tall in the form of a mother figure who is ...

While the Lion City is widely known for its architecture, pop culture, and world-class cuisine, there's a quieter, more ...

On Sept. 9, a Buddhist deity arrived at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in a wooden crate. Well, sort of. The two-foot-tall sculpture of the ­bodhisattva Gwaneum — a bodhisattva ...

The nearly 15-foot-tall Buddha statue started getting its new paintjob over the last week. It was almost entirely repainted Tuesday except for its still-red head. The Buddha's history in Fort Myers ...

Thein Sein, the general-turned-president who headed a semi-democratic military-backed government, had a 9.7-meter-tall (32-foot-tall) standing marble Buddha statue built in Naypyitaw in 2015.

With construction completed on Oct. 5, 2015, the Buddha statue in Drago had been built with contributions of around 40 million yuan (U.S. $6.3 million) by local Tibetans and was designed to ...

Work on the statue, which is as tall as a 20-story building, started in 2017 and should be completed this year, but due to the coronavirus pandemic the official opening may be pushed back to 2022 ...