At the Bihar Museum in Patna, a distinguished gathering of scholars addressed the topic of 'Buddhist heritage, culture, and ...

NEW DELHI – Indian authorities on Friday cleared Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader in a probe into $1.35 million in cash discovered last month at his headquarters in northern India, a ...

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, ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious ...

NEW DELHI (ANI) – The vast mosaic of Indian culture has long been shaped by the spiritual, the philosophical, and the transcendent. Yet, few forces have been as profoundly influential as Buddhism, an ...

Even as India and China continue to be locked in a military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the two countries are grappling for influence over the Buddhist world. This week ...

India, March 11 -- The North East holds one of India's most compelling untold stories in Buddhist tourism - if only pilgrims could reach it. Every year, nearly three lakh Indian pilgrims travel to ...

Can I have a glass of water?" asked the reserved but friendly Indian man who showed up at my office last week with a Buddhist monk in tow. It seemed like a simple question, but after only a few ...

NEW DELHI, India (RNS) — Though it is illegal in India to discriminate on the basis of caste, the nearly 3,000-year-old social stratification system — while not as determinant in the life of many ...

ZHENGZHOU - Visiting Indian President Pratibha Patil on Saturday visited an ancient Buddhist temple in central China that is believed to be the starting point for Buddhism's spread from India into ...