A 14th-century Buddhist statue will travel from here to Japan on May 10 after Korea’s Supreme Court ruled it should be ...

A Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is unveiled at the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Jan. 24, 2025, during a ceremony to send ...

One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...

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

NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple ... is only the third known example in Japan of an ancient wooden deity having been carved during a ...

The miniature statue was in a small wooden Buddhist altar called “zushi ... who specializes in the history of sculptures in Japan, headed the research. He noted it was possible the miniature ...

Nara, Japan's capital back in the 8th century, is home to many temples with Buddhist statues believed to ward off calamity, and grant prosperity and good health. Join us in taking a tour of some.

People across Thailand have doused water on Buddhist statues at temples to celebrate the traditional start of the country's New Year. The time-honored Songkran festival began on Sunday.

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 ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...