Thousands of traditional Hina dolls create a stunning display at Tsubosaka-dera Temple in Takatori, Japan, during the annual ...

On one side of the table sits a Scottish lobster fisherman and an English PE teacher and across from them, two young girls ...

Chongqing's Dazu and Ziyang city in Sichuan are known for their stone carvings — 150,000 in all — among which the Anyue Grottoes in Ziyang's Anyue county have been included in the provisional list of ...

Among Korea’s rarest and most beautiful religious artifacts, the Goryeo Period Buddhist paintings were largely lost due to ...

UTA’s “Solace in Painting” features artists whose work illustrates their experiences of modern Asian conflicts.

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE, is widely regarded as ...

About 70 traditional Japanese paper umbrellas in a variety of colors have ... nearly 100 paper lanterns solemnly illuminating the path to Jissoji temple, an old Buddhist temple accessible from the ...

KYOTO—Kanbe Juzu Ten, a long-established manufacturer and wholesaler of Buddhist prayer beads in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, has begun offering “genderless beads” that can be used by both men and women. At ...

Alternatively, Japanese mythology developed independently of western mythology. The gods, figures, creatures, characters, and meanings are all unique to those that westerners are used to. The books ...

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road. Click to copy section linkSection link ... His story transcends borders, reimagined in Japan as Nio̅ or Kongo̅rikishi (), the fierce temple guardian. The Nemean ...

In January, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found Buddhist artifacts three colossal Buddha heads, hundreds of votive stupas, stone inscriptions, and images of Buddhist gods and goddesses ...