In Tibet, monasteries are not just spiritual centers but repositories of culture, history, and identity. Yet under Xi Jinping's China, these traditional institutions have become prime targets in an ...

Over the years, I have visited Kek Lok Si Temple light-up on several occasions. Every time, I was fascinated by the ...

Amid his heartbreak and suffering, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe radiates resilience."It's been a tough year for me," says ...

Taking in the Brahmaputra plains and the verdant Himalayan ranges, this book by Dhrubajyoti Borah that the author has also ...

This country has a population of around 550,000, which includes thousands of foreign workers, mainly from India and Sri Lanka ...

Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala was abuzz with spiritual fervor as over 700 Tibetans, including monks and former monks of the ...

Wearing colourful robes and fearsome masks, monks high stepped and spun around a sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, ...

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

Shimmering paddy fields, ancient temple relics and pottery artisans express Malaysia's idyllic soul in Kedah and Perak. See it for yourself. #Advertisement feature presented by Malaysia Tourism Promot ...

The stupa garden serves as the final resting place for generations of monks from the Lam Te Zen sect who practiced at Bo Da ...

Its Hindu and Buddhist temples restored after a devastating earthquake, this city of monks, artisans, trekkers and tourists ...

The winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for best new age, ambient or chant album — a category once dominated by Enya — was an album titled “Triveni,” meaning “the confluence of three rivers” in Sanskrit, ...