Venerable Phramaha Suphat Sukyai speaks with other monks on the phone on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, as they prepare for the upcoming Songkran Festival at the Wat Chaimongkolvararam Buddhist temple in ...

(The Conversation) — Thailand's Buddhist temples, important centers of culture and commerce, rely on donations from international visitors. Because of a steep drop in tourism, these temples have been ...

The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen at the end of an avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, June 9, 2021. Reuters BANGKOK, June 21 – A Thai temple building a 230-foot Buddha ...

From the outside, nothing distinguishes Watmongkhool-Khunaram from the family residences on the block. The temple operates out of a two story grey house surrounded by a grey cyclone fence. But when ...

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand was completely empty on Tuesday after every monk typically stationed at the house of worship tested positive for methamphetamine, district official Boonlert ...

BANGKOK – At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, a monk watches as a machine presses down on thousands of water bottles, before a giant bale of crushed plastic rolls out with a thud. The plastic is ...

"The temple is now empty of monks and nearby villagers are concerned they cannot do any merit-making," said the official, Boonlert Thintapthai. Merit-making is a Buddhist practice that involves ...

This article was updated on April 2, 2019. On a quiet residential street in South Berkeley, Wat Mongkolratanaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple, is a splash of color on a street perfumed with pittosporum and ...

Behind the Buddhist Temple of Dallas on Stults Road, off of Central Expressway and Forest in Far North Dallas, is one of the most marvelous rituals and richest culinary treasure of Dallas. Until the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP) — A rogue ...

After the woman's brother drove her to be cremated, a faint knock was heard coming from the coffin, an official at the temple ...