In Korea, despite the country not having a state religion, Buddha’s Birthday is observed as a public holiday. Why is it a public holiday? A main ritual to celebrate Buddha's birthday held at ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...

Diplomatic envoys from several countries gathered Monday evening at the residence of Nepal’s Ambassador to Israel, Dhan Prasad Pandit, to celebrate Buddha Jayanti—the birthday of Siddhartha ...

(Photo: AP) Thousands of Buddhists participated in the Lotus Lantern Festival in South Korea, marching during the Yeon Deung Hoe, or Lotus Lantern Festival, in downtown Seoul ahead of Buddha’s ...

An ancient Buddha statue measuring 1.7 meters in height was unearthed at an archaeological site in Yakjon-ri, South Pyongan Province, North Korea, according to Popular Mechanics. The discovery ...

Indian Ambassador to Israel J.D. Singh in attendance at Buddha Jayanti. (credit: Nepal's Ambassador to Israel, Dhan Prasad Pandit) Ambassadors from Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site ... is considered the Age of Enlightenment or Golden Age of Buddhism in Korea. Buddhist art and architecture, known ...