After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...

Travels in a Paradoxical Island," Razeen Sally skillfully blends the narrative styles of George Orwell and Bill Aitken.

Pakistan has sent the most sacred relics of the Lord Buddha to Sri Lanka this week for exposition in connection with the Annual Buddha Rashmi national vesak festival in order to present the richest ...

Two meteor showers, the Perseids and the delta Aquariids, begin this week with peak viewing in late July and August.

Sunday sees the start of summer’s meteor season in the Northern Hemisphere, with the with start of two overlapping showers— ...

India is a land of many presences—visible and invisible, ancient and evolving. To walk its roads is to encounter a mosaic of beliefs that breathe through its people, rituals, and places. Faith here is ...

The proposal to list Tilaurakot (identified as the ancient Kapilvastu) was deferred by the committee based on a recommendation from the ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), UNESCO’s ...