Though the edifices of Nalanda were largely reduced to mounds and the great monastery ceased to function in the early ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Varanasi, India’s holiest city, offers a spiritual and cultural experience. This three-day itinerary includes a sunrise boat ...

The elegantly carved feline figures from the third century B.C., unearthed by the British in northern India, embody both ...

A journey through the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage destinations is an experience that goes beyond spirituality—it is a ...

Buddhism as a Cultural Ambassador Soft power is the power to affect others by influencing culture, values, and ideology ...

Varanasi, an old city located on ganges river bee flocks of traditions & spirituality. Renowned as Kashi or Banaras, It performs seven festivals with great dedication that reflects the ancient ...

The temple was under the control of a Saivite priest, the Buddha’s image had been transformed into a ... been made to develop Buddhist pilgrimage circuits, including Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, ...

“If you look at the map of the influence of Buddhism, you have its origins in places like Lumbini, Bodhgaya, and Sarnath, where the Buddha preached his sermons. Within two to three hundred years, it ...

The Terai belt and eastern Uttar Pradesh have sites like Kapilvastu, Shravasti, Kushi Nagar, and Sarnath. However ... where the sacred relics of Buddha were found in 1898, encouraging the excavation ...

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 ...