BIHAR – A row has erupted at a holy site in India, where for years Buddhist monks have prayed in front of a sacred fig tree alongside Hindus performing rituals for the peace and redemption of ...

Author is an art historian, filmmaker and photographer. One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka ...

which is at the border of what is India and Nepal today. His mother, Maya, was the wife of Suddhodana, king of the Shakya clan. According to Buddhist lore, when she conceived, the queen dreamed ...

visiting Sri Lankan and Japanese Buddhist monks founded the Maha Bodhi Society to lead a movement to reclaim the site. In 1903, these efforts led the then-viceroy of India, Lord Curzon ...

India will launch a unified curriculum for Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan region to foster patriotism and reduce China's influence. This initiative seeks to merge religious education with ...

Following in Nalanda’s footsteps, a central university is also being established at Vikramshila. What is the historical ...

This is yet another instance of PM Modi’s efforts to place Buddhism at the heart of India’s foreign policy, reinforcing India’s role as a global centre for Buddhism. In 2017 also ...