This is the hilarious moment a Buddhist monk amused tourists by whacking them on the head with grass. Monk Chalermchai Srimueang splashed sacred water on holidaymakers at Wat Suwannaram ...

Jains in Tamil Nadu are commemorating the 2,550th anniversary of Mahavira's nirvana, coinciding with the 50th year of a ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles ...

A Banbury businesswoman (and singer) welcomed an esteemed Thai monk to the town to bless her new health spa and its staff.

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles ...

Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and ...

Radhika Aligh heads to the Land of the Thunder Dragon for a historic pilgrimage through its mountains — and meets plenty of ...

Controversy as Buddhist abbot shatters school minivan window, alarming kids, prompting complaints in Thailand's Ayutthaya.

Shurei Sasai has been devoting his life to freeing people from discrimination based on the Indian caste system for more than ...

VIENTIANE: Hundreds of devotees bearing bright yellow waxen pyramids lined up to present them at the That Luang stupa on Thursday (Nov 14), in an age-old tradition held to revere Laos’ most important ...

Monuments woman' Katherine Tsiang's Buddhist statue digital restorations have revived interest in lost dynasties and ...