The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century ... is considered to be the most sacred image of Buddha in Tibet. It is said that the statue was sculpted by Vishwakarma – the Indian god ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on ...

The center’s trees are covered in colorful Tibetan prayer flags that flutter ... I used to drive all the way to Long Island to go to the Buddhist temple,” he said of the almost the three- ...

In 'Casting The Buddha,' Shashank Shekhar Sinha explores the journey of Buddhism in India through historical sites, stupas, ...

The ramifications of the elderly Dalai Lama's impending death are becoming impossible to ignore — and without a plan, this ...

After days of visiting temples, palaces and ... including Buddha statues, prayer beads, prayer wheels and beautiful Thangka, or Tibetan scroll paintings. The presence of all these cultural ...