The first Buddhist churches of any kind in the country were built in the Bay Area in the early 1850s by Chinese migrant ...

Anuradhapura is also the birthplace of Theravada Buddhism which is the dominant religion in Sri Lanka, including Cambodia, ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are wondering: will they ever rise again or are they lost forever?

Buddhism, which went through a process of decline in the 13th century, regained the centre stage of Indian outlook, history, panorama and international relations especially in the 20th century through ...

As Narendra Modi embarks on his tour of Thailand and Sri Lanka, which have played a seminal civilisational role in the preservation and spread of Buddhism in ancient and modern times, the PM's milesto ...

Glory to Ram’ is the leitmotif of culture here. Here kings had proudly sought to imbibe the virtues symbolised by Ram by ...

The first Buddhist churches of any kind in the country ... The groundbreaking for the new main church building, the fourth in its history, was held in October 1962, and it was completed in 1963.

The history traces Lord Ram’s popularity in Thailand to a city Ayutthaya, named after Ayodhya. While both cities are ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Thailand during April 3-4 would put a focus on the historic ties of culture and ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...