BHUBANESWAR: A 50-strong team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been sweating it out at Ratnagiri for last 70 ...

The religious landscape of Japan is a fascinating blend of Shintoism, Buddhism, and other traditions. Across cultures, India ...

The use of elephants in temple ceremonies is a long-standing tradition in Hinduism. Buddhism has also adopted this practice. Elephants are used in temple rituals, primarily in Hindu and Buddhist ...

Discover the deep symbolism behind elephant tattoos. Learn about their meanings in strength, wisdom, luck, and spirituality ...

Three pensioners were killed and dozens of devotees were injured when two captive elephants spooked by fireworks went on a ...

In the Philippines, a woman bought a green statue from a local store, thinking it was Buddha and prayed to it every day for ...

According to Buddhist lore, when she conceived, the queen dreamed that an auspicious white elephant entered her ... how the baby was received by the gods Indra and Brahma, and took seven steps ...

Me against my brother. Me and my brother against my cousin. Me and my brother and cousin against strangers.” It’s a saying attributed to Bedouins, and if we think that ...

We do not know when exactly Kashmiris began writing but the practice was possibly encouraged by the needs of Buddhist traders ... names and speech of God as a means to attain the intangible ...

Their purity of spirit and body is signaled by the startling whiteness of the elephant and of the cloth ... the zenith and with prayer implored the Buddha to become the teacher of mankind, the teacher ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Tamil poet-saint Andal is identified by the parrot in her hand. The bird is the ...

the statue was inspired by a vision of a three-headed Brahma riding a swan and an elephant. A wealthy disciple from Malaysia funded its creation, resulting in an 8-metre-high statue topped with a ...