Perched on the banks of the Indus River, Alchi Monastery is among the most ancient Buddhist learning centres in Ladakh. It houses intricate wall paintings from the 11th Century CE and is also known ...

Buddhists lived in Egypt during Roman times, a 1st-century Buddha statue found in Berenike suggests.

Thiksey is another ancient monastery city just 19 kilometres from Leh and it has the largest statue of Buddha (49 feet) in Ladakh. We were lucky to witness some rituals by the Lamas at the prayer ...

A Thai temple building a 230 ft Buddha statue that will be visible across Bangkok said construction was nearly complete but its opening may be pushed back to 2022 due to delays caused by the ...