KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this central Japan city, north of Nagoya, has become ...

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Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

A colossal statue of Vairocana Buddha, set to be the tallest in the world, is planned for construction atop Nua Mountain in ...

Reiko Ohnuma, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, argues that Maya is remembered in Buddhist tradition as an idealized, if passive, maternal figure. Her death shortly after the future Buddha’s birth ...

Binh A Pagoda, located in Dong Thinh Commune, Nghia Hung District, Nam Dinh Province, is a renowned spiritual destination ...

Located on the slopes of Nui Lon (Big Mountain) in Vung Tau City, Thich Ca Phat Dai is a revered cultural and historical site ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] Today, on the side walls of Cave 96, where the Giant Buddha sits, small holes remain clearly visible — believed to have been drilled to support the scaffolding ...

Today, on the side walls of Cave 96, where the Giant Buddha sits, small holes remain clearly visible — believed to have been drilled to support the scaffolding essential for the statue's ...

Measuring 35.5 meters in height, the Giant Buddha in Cave 96 bore witness to the power and ambition of Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo/Courtesy of Dunhuang Academy] True to its ...

The multi-level, pagoda-like wooden facade, built to protect the Giant Buddha, has become an iconic feature of the Mogao Caves. [Photo provided to China Daily] In 690, after seven years of ...