The tallest surviving wooden pagoda today is the Sakyamuni pagoda of Fogong Temple, standing at 67 meters in Shanxi Province. It was commissioned in 1056 by Emperor Daozong (1032-1101) of the Liao ...

If size matters, then you'll love the Buddha statue, all of 80 feet tall, dating back to 1989. LESSONS IN ... If you're following in the footsteps of Lord Buddha, come here to see where he ...

Archaeologists in Nepal say they have found traces of a temple structure linked to Buddha's nativity going back to the sixth century B.C.The remnants of a timber structure — unearthed at the ...

Abhidhamma Day is when Lord Buddha came back to earth from heaven. PM Modi will take part in celebration on the occasion in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, where he will also inaugurate an ...

This selfless Buddha, who was said to have died in the groves of trees near the Indian town of Kusinagara, was the one the West soon came to admire. As the Unitarian minister Richard Armstrong ...