Mumbai police recovered a stolen panchdhatu Buddha idol within 24 hours, arresting two suspects linked to the theft from a ...

Around the world, colossal statues rise above city skylines, mountain valleys, and serene countryside landscapes, each one a ...

Minister Eshwar Khandre announces ₹10 crore grant for a Buddhist cultural centre in Andur, Karnataka, enhancing community and ...

At the heart of the fracas was a mundane operation by officials of the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) to demolish an illegally built beachfront café on land allegedly ‘owned’ by a well-known ...

A missionary (pracharak, in Hindi) is a relentless salesman. He sells God. He sells God’s message. For centuries there have ...

All slaughterhouses and meat shops will remain closed in Bengaluru on 25 November on the occasion of Sadhu Vaswani Jayanti.

Statues of the Buddha unearthed in central China are leading to new interpretations of the early history of Buddhism in the country. While excavating a late Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25–220) family ...

Poet-turned-historian Abhay K speaks of Nalanda’s role in shaping today’s education, architecture, and even artificial ...

Rarely in recent history has an assembly election generated as much curiosity, tension, and uncertainty across India as Bihar’s.

Bihar has long been a meeting point of spiritual and intellectual movements that changed the course of Asian history. Read on ...

Buddhism, founded by Siddhartha Gautama — the Buddha — is a spiritual tradition centered on compassion, mindfulness, and the ...

The accounts of the Chinese pilgrims Fa-hien (5th century CE) and Xuanzang (7th century CE) confirm that Bodh Gaya is the fundamental site of Buddhism’s origins in India because it is where Gautama ...