Prof. Dr Shobha Rani Dash, Head of the Department of Buddhist Studies, at Otani University, Kyoto, Japan mentioned the Hindu ...

A hungry wild elephant broke through a Buddhist shrine and stole offerings left by devotees for the gods. Footage shows the ...

and to ancient India through Buddhism, they are readily able to frame these appeals as nationalism. Excerpted with permission from Fake Gods and False History: Being Indian in a Contested Mumbai ...

The two pictures depicting Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi, both dressed in long dark blue robes and seated in a meditative pose on hexagonal bases, their bodies and headdresses gilt-painted against ...

Chinese scholars have unveiled the Ramayana's significant presence in their cultural history. Brought to China through ...

While the tradition of making thangka art - scroll paintings on silk that depict Buddhist deities - has been passed on from generations, murals and modern art might help increase the appeal of the ...

Hakari's hand signs reference one of the seven lucky gods in Buddhism: Benzaiten, who represents music, wealth, and longevity, among many other things. Kinji's Domain Expansion is centered on luck ...

39.9 x 26.4 cm. (15.7 x 10.4 in.) ...

Monk Phra "T" Theerapattarapop Phuangmala prays in front of a Buddhist deity inside Wat Promwachirayan in St. Louis Park on Sept. 25. In May through July, at least four Hindu and Buddhist temples ...

Some 2,100 to 1,800 years ago in what is today's northwestern Pakistan, the Gandharan civilization produced sculptures of Buddha and other Buddhist figures with the features of Greek gods wrapped ...

Phra "T" Theerapattarapop Phuangmala prays in front of a Buddhist deity inside at Wat Promwachirayan in St. Louis Park on Sept. 25. Law enforcement confirmed Hindu Society of Minnesota in Maple ...