Some temples display statues of Gautama Buddha depicting his earlier years. The statues are kept in a water filled basin and beautifully decorated with fresh flowers. Visitors who come to temple, as a ...

Buddha Purnima marks the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, who gave up his privileges and became the founder of Buddhism. It is observed on the full moon night of the Hindu month of Vaisakha.

Tibetan Buddhists and activists marched in front of the Chinese embassy in India to mourn the death of a prominent monk and called ... Dorje, 56, was a high lama (spiritual guru in Tibetan Buddhism) ...