Roughly 500 million people declare themselves as faithful followers of some branch of Buddhism. It is the fourth most ...

From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped ...

From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and exciting live performances.

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In most Buddhist weddings, monks or nuns do not perform or formalise ... chanting prayers and applying symbolic marks of blessing on the bride and groom during a temple visit. In other words, they ...

Among the items returned are three other Hindu-Buddhist sculptures depicting deities taken from a 13th-century temple compound in the Singosari kingdom near the Mount Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s ...

Buddhist weddings are small and private affairs that take place at a temple or at the bride’s home. The bride wears a dress called Bhaku (a full-length sarong) with Hanju (a long-sleeved blouse), a ...

Across India, numerous Hanuman temples draw devotees seeking courage, power, and solace. From Varanasi's Sankat Mochan Temple to Shimla's Jakhu Temple with its towering Hanuman statue, these ...

The tourists were facing an uphill battle ever since Travis Head led Australia to 445 in its first innings after losing the toss and being sent in. But the fickle Brisbane weather had the most ...

Rain had the last word at the Gabba, as was widely expected, but only after Australia and India conjured up the most intriguing of what-ifs in the 22 overs that were possible on the fifth day of ...