High in the Indian Himalayas, young novice monks in maroon robes take their lessons inside the 15th-century Thiksey monastery ...

What better way to spend those days than by exploring India’s most charming and untouched villages? From the lush greenery of ...

Discover Leh's timeless charm with ancient palaces, distant monasteries, and rich heritage. Explore sites like Leh Palace and ...

Hotei, a Japanese god who carries a large sack, has come to be identified with Santa Claus – except that he brings the ...

The Buddha had exhorted his disciples to wander from village to village instructing ... In 1936, when he returned to Sri Lanka, he became a member of the LSSP, which had been just formed. Balangoda ...

The Sopara relics: five caskets from the stupa and a bronze image of Maitreya, the Future Buddha. Pics Courtesy Asiatic Society Of Mumbai/Anurag Ahire Ranking high among the Society’s prized ...

Ōnodera’s main claim to fame stands just outside the temple grounds: a giant rock carving of the bodhisattva Miroku (Maitreya, the Buddha of the future), hewn into the cliff on the opposite ...