The 6th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions under the slogan of "Religious leaders for a safe world" will be

BANGKOK, July 22 (TNA) - Daylong celebrations marking the start of the annual three-month Buddhist Lent period on Monday have brought millions of people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia into the stre

Sanchi (MP), Sep 21 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called for tolerance in a world where enmity and hatred towards other faiths had a "tragic" fallout in violence.

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh, India), May 22 (PTI) In a relief for the Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, a court in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has accepted the pl

BANGKOK, March 18 (TNA) - Devout Buddhists offered alms to 22,600 monks in central Bangkok on Sunday to commemorate the 2600th year anniversary of Lord Buddha’s Enlightenment.

BANGKOK, March 11 (TNA) - Devout Buddhists early on Sunday offered alms to 12,600 monks in Bangkok to commemorate the 2,600th year anniversary of Enlightenment by Lord Buddha.

The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, performing the Vajra dance at the Tergar Monastery in the eastern Indian city of Gaya on Monday. The Vajra dance emphasises on meditation in movement.

17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee displaying the 'holy relics' of Sakyamuni Buddha at a procession in the Buddhist holy town of Bodhgaya in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Friday.

Artistes from Thailand at a procession for the 'holy relics' of Sakyamuni Buddha in the Budddhist holy town of Bodhgaya in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Friday. PTI Photo

Buddhist devotees pray while having a look at the holy relics of Sakyamuni Buddha in the world heritage Mahabodhi temple on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Sri Lankan temple of Jaya Sri