Light vehicles to take visitors atop Dhauli in Bhubaneswar

world heritage peace pagoda at Dhauli is facing a threat to its ecology, thanks to felling of trees and unrestricted shifting of sand from the Daya river, stated local sarpanch Rabi Maharana. The peace pagoda stands in a lush green periphery upon ...

Eleven National League for Democracy (NLD) and 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) members who stood accused of trespassing were acquitted of the charges against them on Thursday. The allegations related to a protest in favour of ...

A grand ceremony was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 23 to pray for world peace and the country's prosperity. The ceremony saw the participation of thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and followers and ...

Photo: Curtis Ellis A revered religious site, a place to meet friends and a family outing destination, Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar looks like a metropolis of heaven. MANDALAY, Myanmar - In a vaulted cavelike chamber of Mandalay's Mahamuni ...

What draws a traveller, especially one with Buddhist leanings, to Myanmar? The pagodas. They are visited by the devout, steeped-in-tradition Myanmarese, as well as hordes of tourists from all over the world. The most resplendent of all the pagodas ...

SOMETIMES we just want to take a break from the fast-paced life of the big city. It can be hard to find peace and quiet in a metropolis the size of Shanghai, as we are busy shuttling around the concrete jungle. But there is beauty hidden within ...

The Vietnamese community in Japan has rang in the New Year 2015 with a ceremony praying for peace attended by hundreds of people at Nisshinkutsu Pagoda in Tokyo. Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, a member of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive ...

:10 Local Shan residents gathered at Sutaungpyae Pagoda in Myitkyina to attend the praying ceremony (Photo - EMG) MYITKYINA Around 3,000 people participated in the meal offering and praying ceremony for the people killed and captured by ...

A 12-day sit-in protest at Yangon's City Hall over land confiscations in Thingangyun's Mee Gyaung Kan ward came to an end last week when 14 protesters were taken to court 15 hours after a meeting in which police warned of the coming action. ...