The Buddhist Sacred Books describe him as having ... and chapels of Catholic Europe and see the numerous images of the Virgin Mary in spangled garments of blue and crimson, with a gilded halo ...

The sculpture of the Virgin Mary with a cross on her back is 120 ... figurine’s facial resemblance to the Kannon statue in Buddhism. The church building likewise deviates from the typical ...

The name contains reference to Maria Kannon, or images of Virgin Mary in the guise of the Kannon deity of Buddhism, which hidden Christians in the area worshipped when Christianity was banned in ...

A shattered statue of the Virgin Mary stands in the remnants of a Catholic ... According to their analysis, the Tatmadaw has been targeting Buddhist monks, novices and nuns on suspicion of ...