Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Few places in Nepal have been as stripped by art thieves of their priceless sacred art as Itumbahal, one of five main Buddhist monastic enclaves in the heart of Kathmandu. The temple and its ...

Home to several Hindu and Buddhist temples, the capital city of Nepal serves as the center for the religious ... With over 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines, these religious sites offer a ...

In 2013 he led a team that uncovered the remains of the earliest ever Buddhist shrine, scientifically dated back to sixth century BCE in Nepal. The timber shrine, which housed a tree, was buried ...

Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...

Self-reflection is, of course, actively promoted by most religious texts, including the Vedas and Buddhist writings ... As among the upper castes, the shrines of the kul devta are strictly out of ...

Jesus Christ had also studied Buddhism in the Indian sub-continent, the scholar, who had done extensive research in Ladhakh and Nepal to trace evidence of ... various sects and cults had visited this ...

The invasion of India by Turko-Afghan general Bakhtiyar Khilji “led to the eventual decline of Buddhism in the region”, Ahmed said. According to UNESCO, the shrine was largely abandoned ...