during a ceremony to send back a Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to the Japanese temple. In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Buseok Temple in Seosan, 98 kilometers ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

Note: Kobo Daishi is the posthumous name of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835).

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

SENDAI—Suspended by ropes, repair workers rappel down and across the shiny white face of a 100-meter-tall standing Buddhist statue here ... in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami ...

SEOUL--Upholding a previous court ruling, South Korea’s supreme court rejected a South Korean temple’s claim to a disputed Buddhist ... Japan's civil law because it had possessed the statue ...

or join Buddhist monks for morning chants. Here are 10 not-to-be-missed experiences to immerse yourself in Japanese culture. When visiting Japan, travelers can stay at a traditional ryokan with ...

paving the way for the artefact's return to Japan. The ruling effectively ends the protracted legal dispute over the roughly 50-centimetre (20-inch) statue of a sitting Buddhist Bodhisattva ...

By deepening ties with Buddhist nations and revitalizing its own Buddhist heritage, India continues to reinforce its role as ...

In 2024, at the India-ASEAN Summit, PM Modi gifted a vintage brass Buddha statue to Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith , symbolizing shared heritage and India’s commitment to cultural diplomacy.