had his own face carved onto statues of the Buddha inside temples, and institutionalized the link between Buddhist merit and political legitimacy. He and later kings came to be known as the ...

The Brazilian painter, whose work is the subject of a new show at the Musée d’Orsay, has created a meditative, folk-art ...

US President Donald Trump called today "one of the most important days" in American history as he prepares to sign an order imposing reciprocal tariffs on multiple nations. "This is our declaration of ...

Discrimination permeates areas such as educational institutions, places of worship, courtrooms, police stations, factories, ...

The vast urban center that Chevance ... Here, a tree grows from the temple of Ta Prohm, which was constructed by Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university.

Locals share their inside knowledge of what to see ... creating a microcosm of the country as a whole. Urban sprawl has erased most signs of the borders between the city states, and today the ...

On a Sunday morning in January, 20- and 30-somethings packed the chapel inside Temple Ohabei Shalom ... It’s partly why Owen saw Boston’s transient urban setting as fertile ground for his work as a ...

Monks are the spiritual leaders of the Cambodian community. One of the first things many Nashvillians ask the monks about is ...

A Buddhist temple amazed visitors by installing a moving diplodocus next to the pulpit. Monks installed the towering 40ft animatronic alongside a golden Buddha shrine in Khon Kaen, northeast Thailand.

The quiet temple town of Bodh Gaya, located along the banks of the Niranjana River in Bihar, is not at peace anymore as the Buddhist community has raised a call demanding full control over their ...

Festivities will be in full swing this weekend at the Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple at 3732 E. Carpenter Road in Stockton. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.