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

At the viewing deck we saw the wonderful outline of the sleeping Buddha way yonder. We went to the Tiantai Scenic Area and hiked up the Heavenly Terrace temple. Later, we made our way to Mount ...

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 ...

May I be permitted to add to the thought-provoking article, “The Buddha I believe in” (The Island, 24th February) by my very good friend Dr Upul Wijayawardhana, a few comments on some of the ‘firsts’ ...

They unearthed the relics of a breathtaking piece of Buddhist heritage — an intact, massive Buddha head, lying face down. The team subsequently found more stone-carved parts, including palms and ...

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 ...

Shimla, the state capital, is a popular mountain resort, while other notable towns include Dalhousie, Kasauli, Solan, Dharmshala, etc.

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 ...