"The Monkey King," a new opera by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang based on a popular Chinese folktale, has proved a major hit ...

On Constitution Day, when the legal document was adopted, it is worth remembering that India’s founding document was not only ...

Bodh Gaya is set to welcome an immense flow of devotion as it prepares for the 20th International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony. Anticipating over 20,000 ...

The world of history is a fascinating universe, capable of making us travel to the past and giving us more details about glorious eras. In this sense, books help us to decipher his ...

The Ghost Festival has deep roots, stretching back to oracle-bone inscriptions from 1250 BCE and shaped later by Buddhist tales of hungry ghosts suffering in the afterlife. Over centuries, these ideas ...

Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each ...

Premiered in 2024, the winning work is the 38th winner of the award, a top prize in the field of music composition.

Chinese monks and masters from Han Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Southern Buddhism celebrate the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha at Lingguang Temple in Beijing, May 12, 2019. [Photo by Zou ...

Composed by Jakes Bejoy and sung by Marayur native Bhuvaneshwar, the track offers an authentic local flavour. Celebrating the rustic charm of Marayur and the mystique of its famed sandalwood forests, ...