On April 8 — it was known as the Vaishakha Poornima Day, according to online sources — about 2,500 years ago, in the Lumbini ...

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A vandal struck at least twice Tuesday morning, damaging precious statues at Buddhist temples in Lower Manhattan, but members of the community say there were even ...

The homeless menace accused of vandalizing six Manhattan Buddhist and Taoist temples – including hurling a Buddha statue out the window – was cut loose in court Wednesday night thanks to ...

Buddhists take out a rally in Mumbai on March 12 to demand control of the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya. | Special Arrangement. When 24-year-old Vishal Kadam visited the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh ...

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 ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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 head ...

A Chinese team transfers a pregnant survivor from a collapsed building Monday in Mandalay, Myanmar. The death toll from Friday’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake is more than 2,000 in Myanmar and Thailand.

A beef with Buddhist monks sparked a man on a vandalism rampage who broke into several temples in Manhattan’s Chinatown and damaged religious artifacts, police said Thursday. Taihong Ouyang, 49 ...

Spending the day at the Italianate village of Portmeirion has been named in the top UK bucket list experiences for Spring, according to a new survey. Researchers by Sykes Holiday Cottages also ...

A homeless man left a trail of destruction inside at least four Buddhist and Taoist temples across Lower Manhattan Tuesday, cops said. Taihong Ouyang, 49, was slapped with hate crime criminal ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented ...

A centuries-old Buddhist temple has been destroyed as South Korea struggles to contain ‘unprecedented’ wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast that have killed at least 18 people.The ...