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 ...

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

A new look at the world’s tallest statues highlights how nations use monumental designs to honor leaders and deities, with record-setting structures continuing to transform cultural landscapes.

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

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

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 ...

History and mythology are simply two different lenses through which we understand the past - one grounded in fact, the other ...

We all know that reading is the best way to deepen our mind and broaden our perspective in life. Legendary writers devote ...

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

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

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 ...