On the evening of January 7, a gunman fired two shots near a side entrance to the temple complex. Former Cambodian lawmaker Lim Kimya was murdered at point-blank range on Thanon Bowon Niwet as he ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Tra Vinh has a big community of Khmer people so it is also the home to cultural treasures of the Khmer, including the system of more than 140 temples. Being considered one of the ...

Followers of Theravada Buddhism are said to adhere most closely to Buddha’s original doctrines and practices. In an effort to reach out to children, one temple enlisted Doraemon, the globally ...

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

Buddhist devotees converged for a festival in India. Buddhist monks and worshippers from different countries gathered at the 36th Nigma Monlam Chenmo Puja at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, ...

When Anawrahta made Theravada Buddhism the national religion of the ... and the Hindu gods were seized and placed in a Vishnu temple, which was renamed "The Prison of the Gods." ...