Indore: In a rather unusual move, the Indore police have registered a first-of-its-kind FIR against an unidentified person for giving alms to a beggar. This action is part of the city administration's ...

This is the adorable moment an excited pet elephant ran over to greet a Buddhist monk visiting homes. The 19-year-old jumbo named Tho Ngern bounded out from his field to see the local religious leader ...

Bathing takes place every day, but on the most auspicious dates, naked, ash-smeared monks charge toward the holy rivers at ...

Since childhood, 90-year-old Phang Sangchansavang has given alms to her local monks In 2021, a new high-speed rail line connecting China and Laos opened, sparking a sharp rise in tourists to Luang ...

giving of alms, famine prevention, or cures for pestilence. It is a highly specialised area that sublimates all these issues by abjuring them. Swami Sivananda says that if a true monk or a ...