From humble beginnings, Birmingham Maha Vihara has been developed into a fully-fledged international Buddhist cultural centre, which is known to be the largest Theravada Buddhist temple in Europe. The ...

The 130-year-old Buddhist Maha Vihara temple draws thousands of devotees on Wesak Day for prayer, processions, and community events.

Buddhist monks praying on Vesak Day are streamed on social media by a volunteer at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple in Kuala Lumpur on May 7, 2020. RNS photo by Alexandra Radu No paywalls here ...

How Maha Vihara is celebrating its 130th Wesak Celebrations at the Maha Vihara today begin with the raising of the Buddhist flag, followed by prayers, hymns, and lighting of lotus-shaped oil lamps.

THE Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields is organising a charity dinner to raise funds for an expansion project for the Buddhist Institute Sunday Dhamma School (BISDS).

The Ven. Upali Maha Thera who arrived from Siam to revive Upasampada built a Poya Seemawa close to the Viharaya. The first Upasampada with the patronage of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinha was conducted on ...

The priest mentions about 57 places of Buddhist worship in these jungle areas. Pottuvil contains five of them: Bodirajaramaya, Muhudu Maha Viharaya, Ruins in the B Column, Chiththama ruins and ...

The Buddhist Maha Vihara temple is offering a free meditation course for beginners and anyone interested in taking up this practice. The course will run every Wednesday and is absolutely free.

THE past week has been a busy one for monks, staff, ­devotees and volunteers at the Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, as they prepare to celebrate Wesak Day today.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed officials to expedite the Anuradhapura Sacred Site Development Plan, giving priority to the Maha Viharaya Development Plan. The President also mentioned that ...

Annually during the month of Duruthu (January) the most colourful Duruthu Perahera is held at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya premises to commemorate Gautama Buddha’s third visit to Sri Lanka. ..