One ‘White Lotus’ Scene Was Conspicuously Missing in India, and It’s Part of a Bigger Censorship Issue
A classic case of self-censorship is the absence of Season 11 of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on JioHotstar despite ...
The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...
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Wat Pho's Reclining Buddha Shows Pre-Existing Cracks, Minister Orders Urgent Restoration
Thailand’s Minister of Culture, Sudawan Wangsuphakitkosol, has ordered urgent restoration work on the iconic Reclining Buddha ...
Why Are Buddhist Monks Protesting At Bodh Gaya, What Are Their Demands? Explained
Protesting Buddhist monks under All India Buddhist Forum have submitted a memorandum to the Bihar government for the repeal ...
Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...
Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...