Chatra (Itkhori), June 13: For decades, Hindu devotees thronging the Maa Bhadrakali Temple in Itkhori may actually have been offering prayers to a Buddha stupa. A five-feet high structure situated at ...

Archaeologists excavating a crypt beneath Grand Bao'en Temple in Nanjing, China, have discovered a model of a stupa — a place used for meditation. Made of sandalwood, silver and gold the model dates ...

Choi Eung-chon, third from right, head of the Korea Heritage Service, gestures toward the Stupa of Master Jeokin at Taean Temple in Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. The stone stupa ...

With the recent discovery of the remains of Gupta period's brick temple and a 100-metre high cylindrical stupa on the hill top of Chhathagiri in Nalanda district, the place would soon be another major ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists have discovered what may be a skull bone from the revered Buddha, Siddhartha ...

Excavated in 1867, Parinirvana Stupa is huge stupa made of brick. The stupa has Brahmi inscription on its walls and a reclining Nirvana statue of Buddha inside it. The statue is placed on a brick ...

Korean national treasure the Stupa of State Preceptor Jigwang is finally erected at its original location at Beopcheon Temple in Wonju, Gangwon, and unveiled to the public on Tuesday for the first ...

Lanterns are an important integral element of the Vesak Poya festival (Full Moon in May), which is celebrated to mark three important events in the life of Buddha – birth, enlightenment and death.

Sarnath, along with Lumbini, Bodh Gaya and Kushinagar, is directly involved with the life of Goutam Buddha. Lumbini was the place of his birth, while Kushinagar was the place of his death. Buddha ...

Philanthropist Dasantha Chandima Gunasekera and his siblings marked their mother’s 75th birthday with a meritorious deed — ...