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The earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

According to the police, the child, identified as Ansh Ansari, and his mother, were sleeping outside his grandmother ... Valnai Vasahat Colony in Gautam Buddha Marg, Malad West.

Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man ... their young son was "a little Buddha" because of his unselfishness ...

A day after a massive fire broke out at a three-storey private hostel in Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park 3, the Fire Department has decided to carry out a districtwide inspection of fire safety norms ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...

Faithful leave the the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore after visiting the tomb of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who ...

The head of the main Buddha statue in the monastery fell off ... Hindon carried 15 tonnes of relief material, including tents, sleeping bags, blankets, ready-to-eat meals, water purifiers, hygiene ...

Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man ... their young son was “a little Buddha” because of his unselfishness ...