Kendrapada: The ancient Buddhist site of Ratnagiri in Jajpur district has been officially dated to the 8th century CE, ...

Did you know that the literal meaning of Jataka is ‘birth stories’? A fact we know well is that the Jatakas are a body of Indian literature that mainly con ...

India now boasts 43 UNESCO World Heritage Sites as of 2025, celebrating its rich cultural history, natural beauty, and ...

Chan Buddhism, which the Japanese call Zen, was introduced to China from India by a monk named Boddhidharma. It is said that Boddhidharma sat in a cave for nine years before he attained enlightenment.

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Banerjee, an intrepid explorer and talented epigraphist, worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when the country ...

Its 240 million inhabitants live in a territory that is 80% arid or semi-arid and depends on rivers and streams originating ...

In 2019, excavations by ASI led to the finding of the ‘Samadhi wale Babaji’, an 800-1000-year-old human skeleton. While ASI ...

From the mosques of Gujarat to the ruins of Nalanda, travellers delve into their love for less frequented treasures of Indian ...

People across the country this week joyfully gathered to celebrate the start of a new year – 2568 in the Buddhist Era ...

For Rosy Aye Thida and hundreds of other Catholics in the quake-hit Sagaing area of Myanmar, this Easter is one of ...

Farmers in northern Pakistan are using ice towers to ease a growing water crisis and keep their crops alive amid climate ...