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 ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

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

A central part of the rituals is bathing in the holy rivers, with the dawn charge often led by naked, ash-smeared monks. Hindus believe ... celibacy and the offering of alms -- and focusing ...

A cheeky monkey pestered a Buddhist monk to give it some of his food ... he gave blessings to a couple who went to pray and offer alms at the temple in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

with 8 senior monks from Wat Phothisamphan joining in the alms round. The event was open for attendees to join in expressing their congratulations on the birthday of Mr. Somphan Petchtrakul or “Pa ...

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Bhubaneswar: Police today detained four men, who were identifying themselves as monks, from Maitri Vihar area in Bhubaneswar on suspicion of being thieves. As per reports, the suspects were demanding ...

As a child, I told everyone my best friend was a monk. This monk has since passed ... He should be receiving gifts, not giving them. He disagreed, saying that it was the giving and the joy it brought ...