A devotee bathes a Buddha statue during celebrations of the Buddha's birthday in Malaysia. Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images When Siddhartha Gautama was born, he was clearly no ...

Gautam Buddha was one of the most famous spiritual teacher, who founded Buddhism. His original name was Siddhartha Gautama.

A woman in the Philippines gained social media attention after she found that the green statue she worshipped for four years ...

In Hong Kong, Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, which this year lands on May 15. Hong Kong declared it a public holiday in 1998; Buddhism is a major religion ...

Buddhism, which was born in the Gangetic plains around 2,500 years ago, has won over the world with its ideology of compassion and commensality| India News ...

(The Conversation) — The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship with his mother remained important for him. (The ...

Looming at over 230 feet tall, the behemoth Leshan Giant Buddha is by far the tallest Buddha statue in the world. It is a stalwart sentinel, overlooking the tempestuous waters where the Dadu, Minjiang ...

India will showcase its soft power to the world on Saturday through what is being cited as a first of its kind landmark ...

VIENTIANE: A significant archaeological discovery has been made in southern Laos with the unearthing of 105 ancient Buddha ...

The gems, believed to date back to around 200 BC, were unearthed in 1898 by British colonial engineer William Claxton Peppe ...