Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

A small vessel used to carry water for drinking and ritual ablutions, the kamandalu has been used since antiquity by Hindu, ...

But is the Buddhist religion, which prevails in China ... The populace worship these as separate gods, but the more intelligent say: “There is but One First Cause, One Supreme Source of Being ...

A homeless man left a trail of destruction inside at least four Buddhist and Taoist temples across Lower Manhattan Tuesday, cops said. Taihong Ouyang, 49, was slapped with hate crime criminal ...

Families gather around the flames to sing, dance and pray to Hindu gods. In two northern towns, hundreds of women celebrated last week by playfully hitting men who teased them as a part of ritual ...

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A vandal struck at least twice Tuesday morning, damaging precious statues at Buddhist temples in Lower Manhattan, but members of the community say there were even ...

After the king’s death in 1150, the complex transitioned to a Buddhist site under new ... the home of the gods according to Hindu mythology. Visitors can ascend a set of steep stairs toward ...