Siddhartha Gautama, best known as the Buddha (the enlightened one), lived some 500 years before Jesus Christ. Born into ...

This Unesco world heritage site houses 252 caves and 51,000 Buddha statues, displaying a fusion of religion and politics in ...

Author, acamedician and political commentator Vivekanand Jha advocates for fostering Bihari pride, improving infrastructure, ...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon was the target of an assassination attempt on September 25th 1959. He succumbed to his ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara For King Dutugemunu there is no rest. With distressing regularity, he is summoned in the service of ...

Generally, in various books, magazines articles etc (not only in India where Mahavir Swami and Gautama Buddha preached in 6th century BCE, but in other countries too) it is said that Mahavir Swami and ...

“Her quiet refusal to reduce herself to victimhood was central to how I envisioned her. Yes, she grieves. Yes, she questions. But she does not let those emotions harden into resentment. I saw her as ...

New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) Siddhartha Gautama walked away from royalty and family in search of truth -- and became the Buddha. His story is etched in history and the spiritual annals of millions. But ...

Buddha gave up a life of luxury to become a guiding light for all humanity, said MLA for Krishnaraja T.S. Srivatsa on Monday. “The very name ‘Buddha’ signifies light. Even today, his life and ...

Buddha Purnima, the most sacred day for Buddhists across the globe, is being celebrated with great devotion on Monday, May 12, 2025, to mark the 2587th birth anniversary of Lord Gautama Buddha. The ...