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The 300 sacred jewels are part of a larger trove found in India in 1898. They're scheduled to be sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, ...
A 19th-century woodblock collection has been revived to celebrate Vesak 2025, drawing crowds to admire Buddhist art and ...
The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship ...
A cache of ancient jewels linked to the remains of Buddha is set to go up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on May 7, with ...
The British crown had claimed the gems fall under the 1878 Indian Treasure Trove Act, with the bones and ash gifted to the ...
A Review of Rajendra Alwis’s book ‘Siddhartha Gauthama’ Gautama Buddha has been such a towering figure for over twenty six ...
Most notably, Boi Khe Pagoda houses a 3-kilometer-long underground tunnel system. This tunnel, once used by village militia ...
As gemstones found by a British landowner in colonial India head to Sotheby's, academics say it furthers "colonial legacies ...
The Indian government has legally intervened to stop the auction of ancient Piprahwa gems, associated with Buddha's remains, ...
India’s government has slammed the proposed sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha and called ...
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Minority Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju, today addressed a distinguished global gathering at the United Nations Vesak Day-2025 Celebrations held at the Vietnam ...