NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political, cultural, ...

Since time immemorial, wood has been the most ancient building material. Shelters, huts, houses, churches, and other buildings were erected using it. The complexity of the buildings increased over the ...

In the long cycle of Vishnu’s ten avatars, each descent of the divine carries a purpose — to protect dharma, to restore balance, to renew creation. Yet one avatar stands apart from the rest: Buddha, ...

1. Buddhism began as a moral path for liberation, without belief in a personal God. 2. Over time, followers deified Buddha and divided into Hinayana and Mahayana sects. 3. Hinduism shows philosophical ...

As a powerful Hindu nationalist group celebrated its centenary in the Indian city of Nagpur, across town, hundreds renounced their Hindu faith and converted to Buddhism.

Earlier this month, our correspondent - NPR's Diaa Hadid - was in the central Indian city of Nagpur. She was there covering the 100-year anniversary celebration of a powerful Hindu nationalist ...

India has been a sacred land of spirituality, where great saints, gurus, and philosophers have guided generations through their teachings and wisdom. From the depths of devotion to the heights of ...

However, there is another way to read this history: that Buddhism and Jainism continue to thrive today as they did 1,200 years ago, under the Buddhist Pala kings of Bengal and Jain Rashtrakutas of ...

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is starting again in 2025 after a long gap of 5 years. This religious journey will start in the last week of June. Mount Kailash is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva.

“Unfortunately for me I was born a Hindu Untouchable. It was beyond my power to prevent that, but I declare that it is within my power to refuse to live under ignoble and humiliating conditions. I ...

Early on in this masterful account of Buddhism’s emergence and spread throughout the world, Donald S. Lopez cautions his readers that the very existence of a historical Buddha remains subject to ...