The gold Buddha statue is originally from China and dates back to the 11th or 12th century. It stands about 1.2 meters tall. Before being loaned to the Drents Museum and displayed in an exhibition ...

BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone ...

The temple is closely associated with the monk Jishin (1231-1316 ... The miniature statue was in a small wooden Buddhist altar called “zushi,” and wrapped in a drawstring bag of cloth.

showng Buddha in deep meditation on a lotus. The statue is amde up of sandstone and red granite, it took more then seven years and 12,000 stonemasons to complete the statue. Inside, a spiral ...

the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of ...