PATNA, (IANS) – A 68-year-old resident of Bihar’s Nalanda, who was living a life of anonymity till now, has been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award after being associated with the textile ...

Buddhism: Bihar is known as the birthplace of Buddhism. Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, and Vaishali are religious, historical, ...

Not every film festival kicks off with a performance by a Grammy-nominated Tibetan flautist or ends with a guided meditation on self-compassion led by the only rapper to have performed both at ...

About 20 years ago, Manoj Dias was trapped in what he calls “a wheel of suffering” working in the finance industry in Melbourne, Australia. “I’d wake at 6am, be in the gym by 6.30am and in the office ...

Some of LACMA’s most stunning sculptures and paintings were packed up more than eight years ago to prepare for construction of the museum’s new building. Now this art — Buddhist works from a vast ...

“For nine days and nine nights the snow fell", the 11th century Tibetan siddha Milarepa wrote on his way to Kailash-Mansarovar. The snowflakes were as big as a “flock of wool", floating like birds in ...

"Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits" and “Intense Proximities” confront the rapid pace of change in a globalized world. An installation view of “Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits” at ...

In her book “Dynasties of Devotion,” Deepa Mandlik takes readers on a journey through the rich history and cultural significance of India's most magnificent temples. Mandlik sheds light on the ...

NEW YORK, April 17, 2017 — Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society Museum in New York, provides an inside look at the Tibetan thangka paintings on ...

The Bhavachakra, the Wheel of Life or Wheel of Becoming, is a mandala - a complex picture representing the Buddhist view of the universe. To Buddhists, existence is a cycle of life, death, rebirth and ...