The Putnam Museum Guild’s March Monthly Tea program is “Travels In Tibet” on March 27 and the April Tea topic is “Music and Stories” highlighting the history of American music on April 24.

expressed concern over the alleged use of “Xizang” and not “Tibet” on certain museum catalogues in France, viewing it as a capitulation to Chinese pressure. The move is being viewed as the ...

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It tells of King Gesar’s incarnation, his difficult childhood, winning a horse race to ascend to the throne, and his victories over neighboring kingdoms. As a living epic, certain versions even ...

The museum offers weekly classes in meditation and tai-chi, and occasionally hosts monks from the Staten Island Buddhist Vihara. Plant lovers should be sure to examine the rare tri-foliate orange ...

Through gleaming statuary, intricate reliefs, and vintage black-and-white photographs, Asia Society Museum's latest exhibition, Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, takes visitors ...

During the run of Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting, on view through May 20, 2018, Asia Society Museum and the Rubin Museum are partnering to offer discounted admission when ...

There are various kinds of prayer wheel in Tibet. Some are placed on the roofs ... stated are not those of the BBC or the British Museum. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external ...

Here is a list of ten hidden gems near Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh that you can visit during your next trip.

it also has the Namgyal Gompa, a Tibetan museum and the Tsuglagkhang temple. The temple itself has three major deities. The first is the bronze Sakyamuni Buddha, standing three meters tall.

There are various kinds of prayer wheel in Tibet. Some are placed on the roofs of houses and turned by the wind; others are powered by running water in rivers and streams, or spun by the hot air ...