Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Visakhapatnam: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s special focus on destinations related to life and times of Lord ...

On Tuesday night, the Undergraduate Student Government senate heard presentations from sustainability and campus infrastructure committee chair Troy Nevil about USG’s airport shuttle service and from ...

KYOTO--Cultural treasures usually off-limits to the public are unveiled at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and other facilities across the ancient capital as part of a fall exhibition. The ...

Visitors will be transported hundreds of years into the past as they walk through a new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute ...

The Ōtaki temple was also founded in the grounds as a Buddhist facility to oversee the shrine’s precinct, highlighting its status as a syncretic Shintō-Buddhist holy site. Taichō is renowned ...

During Wesak, Buddhists will decorate the shrines and Buddhist places of worship with lights. In Buddhism, light symbolises the belief that the message of the Buddha was a light for the world.

In Buddhist countries there are many temples. People bring flowers and incense for the shrine and food for the monks. When entering a temple, Buddhists will take off their shoes, put their hands ...

As a custom, the ema goes back to the Nara Period (710-794). It spread from Shinto shrines to Buddhist temples and was quite popular during the Edo Period (1603-1867). But even back then ...

And the Buddhist shrine, with its attendant sculpture, wood carving or painted decoration, is still the principal artistic expression and aesthetic experience of the Burmese people. To be sure ...

Bean-throwing ritual marks end of winer in Japan Tokyo, Feb 2: Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried soybeans ...