Archaeologists at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia have discovered a 800-year-old Buddha torso that matches a statue head found in ...

The 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant ...

Archaeologists just solved a century-old mystery at Cambodia’s Angkor Temple Complex. They unearthed the long-lost torso of a ...

A woman in the Philippines bought a green statue from a local store, thinking it was a Buddha idol and prayed in front of it every day for more than four years. After years of devotion, she was ...

A six-hour operation to salvage an ancient Buddha statue from Tha Chi Canal in Surat Thani’s Ban Na San district went viral on Sunday, as the salvaged item was actually an ordinary statue of a novice ...

How would the Buddha have looked like in real life?” This question was posed by Prof. Asanga Thilakaratna, the Chief Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, during one of the two analytical lectures ...

The seven-storied temple building and shrine room, housing the largest statue of the Buddha in a meditative posture (Bhadrasana) in Sri Lanka, built under the guidance of the Chief Incumbent of ...

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Budhanilkantha Temple, while sacred to Hindus, also enjoys reverence from Buddhists, who regard the murti (statue) as Buddha. This interfaith respect reflects the enduring religious harmony of the ...

The Police have arrested two youth in Mawanella for allegedly damaging several Buddha statues in the area last few days creating religious tensions. One suspect named M. Ashfar was handed over to the ...