Preparations for Wesak Day are in full swing, with organisers and devotees putting final touches on what promises to be a ...

But then so, in a sense, do we all: here, looking out over the Thames, is the Buddha sitting cross-legged, his hands touching in front of his chest. I hardly need to describe the figure any ...

Pride of place above the fireplace in the sitting room of our little house in distant Blighty is a painting from North Bengal ...

NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...