Cameron Davidson Some UNESCO archaeologists consider the statue of Buddha ... 13th-century temple was built by King Kyazwa who died in 1249 at the age of 14. Cameron Davidson The Ananda Temple ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...

The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga — A temple in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, has created pictures featuring cats mourning the death of Buddha that have visitors purring with delight. Cats are normally not depicted in ...

The 35th annual Buddha Birth Day Festival returns to the stunning Fo Guang Shan Chung Tian Temple for three huge days of peace, culture and celebration, from Friday, May 2 to Sunday, May 4, 2025. The ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a ...