“Take some moments,” says a woman’s soothing voice, “to really arrive here at this holy place.” I try to do as I’m told. Eyes closed, legs crossed, I attempt to tap the brakes on my brain and— as the ...

Buddhism was born under a giant fig tree, which, today, grows at the center of the remote and unbeautiful town of Bodh Gaya, in India’s destitute northeastern state of Bihar. The tree is about three ...

Bhante Vinachayra , a monk who leads the Mahabodhi Mahavihara Mukti Andolan, has appealed to the people of the State to ...

Embark on IRCTC Tourism's 'Holy Kashi tour' from November 18 and explore north India's sacred temples, ghats and Buddhist ...

What makes Buddha Purnima unique among global religious observances is that it marks three cardinal events in the life of Gautama Buddha, all believed to have occurred on the same full moon day: His ...

The new IRCTC Holy Kashi tour covers Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ayodhya and Bodh Gaya in a 5-night/6-day package starting at Rs ...

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River in Bihar’s Gaya district, is one of the four most sacred pilgrimage sites for Buddhists worldwide. It was here that Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of Lumbini and a wandering ascetic, attained ...

New Delhi: From the quiet groves of Lumbini to the grand temples of Kyoto, the journey of the Buddha still echoes across Asia. More than 2,600 years after Gautama Siddhartha first preached compassion ...