Buddhist monks launched the padayatra to push the State government to fulfil various demands including the allocation of ₹500 crore for the Sannati Development Authority to take up ...

The five day event, organised by Light of Buddha Dharma Foundation (LBDF) and Odisha government and locally assisted by Udaygiri Buddha Mahotsav Committee, is being attended by 1,382 Buddhist monks ...

Kendrapada: Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks from 17 countries have arrived at Odisha's ‘diamond triangle' for a five-day chanting program dedicated to world peace. The event, being held at the ...

However, her true calling came in 2012 when she decided to embrace Buddhism, influenced by her lifelong admiration for the Dalai Lama. She became a monk and took the name Gyalten Samten. Now, she ...

Galagodaatte Gnanasara leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group and is a close ally of ousted former president Rajapaksa A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former ...

Kendrapada: Around 1,500 Buddhist monks, including 85 foreigners, will gather to meditate at the Buddhist sites of Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri and Udayagiri in Jajpur district from Jan 12 to 16.

(RNS) — Each year, thousands of members of an influential Buddhist group journey to a retreat ... and endangered species and many wading birds.” The lawsuit, which also names Colonel Brandon ...

Likened by Buddhists to the Vatican City, Ganden is considered the most influential monastery of Tibetan Buddhism ... (birds chirping, insects buzzing) CHOEPHEL: After the monks cleared the ...

It holds religious significance as the place where Luang Pu Man, a revered Thai monk, lived and meditated between 1907 and 1910. Thailand has up to 3,500 elephants in the wild.