French tourists found guilty in Sri Lanka over Buddha photos
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Colombo, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was an astonishing moment for three French tourists when they were declared guilty for insulting the Buddhism religion. This was regarded as a form of injustice ... Read more...
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Facelift for over 300-year-old Tibetan monastery
March 23rd, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 23 (IANS) A 303-year-old Tibetan monastery in northwest China's Gansu province is to get a facelift, an official said Friday.The 300-million-yuan ($47.6 million) project will begin at Labrang ... Read more...
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Skyscrapers, termites threaten Buddhist temple in China
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 2 (IANS) A 130-year-old Buddhist temple here is facing an alarming situation due to termites, ageing structures and nearby high-rise buildings.The Jade Buddha Temple in Putuo district was ... Read more...
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Maldives vandalism stirs fears of extremism: NYT
February 16th, 2012 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 16 (IANS) An attack by vandals at the national museum in the Maldives capital was reminiscent of the Taliban's demolition of the Buddha statues in Afghanistan ... Read more...
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Chinese relics illegally sold online
March 21st, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) Valuable Chinese relics are now finding their way outside the country through a growing illegal online business, a media report said Monday.The State Administration of Cultural ... Read more...
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‘Buddhas of Bamiyan’ may be restored
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 2(ANI): Scientists have said that it may be possible to reconstruct the smaller of two giant 1,500-year-old 'Buddhas of Bamiyan' statues blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan 10 ... Read more...
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Bamiyan Buddhas were once intensely colourful
February 27th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 27 (IANS) A team of conservationists studying fragments of the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan has discovered that prior to the advent of Islam, the statues were overpainted several ... Read more...
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Bamiyan Buddhas ‘once had an intensely colorful appearance’
February 26th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): The Bamiyan Buddhas-blown up by the Taliban 10 years ago-once had an intensely colorful appearance, scientists have suggested.The two gigantic Buddha statues dating back to the ... Read more...
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Enjoy nature on China’s Chengdu-Kunming railway
December 26th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 26 (IANS) At 500 meters above the sea-level, China's Chengdu-Kunming railway meanders through the scenic mountains of the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces and offers a spectacular view of the ... Read more...
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China executes official for plundering cultural relics
November 19th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) China Friday executed an official for stealing and selling cultural relics protected by the state, reports Xinhua.Li Haitao was the chief of the cultural relics protection authority ... Read more...
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Bamyan residents fear return of Taliban
May 30th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bamyan (Afghanistan), May 30 (DPA) The more the violence in Afghanistan escalates, the more the West clings to the hope that negotiations with the Taliban could solve the conflict and bring ... Read more...
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Malay temple trustees furious at semi-dressed praying woman’s pics
August 19th, 2009 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 19 (ANI): Pictures of a semi-dressed young Caucasian woman supposedly praying at the Kek Lok Si Temple has left temple trustees furious.The trustees have denied that the pictures, being ... Read more...
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Prehistoric man’s cave found in southwest China
May 9th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): A group of construction workers have accidentally stumbled upon a prehistoric man's cave underneath a Buddhist temple in southwest China's Guizhou Province.The stone structure, containing hundreds of ... Read more...
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Afghanistan announces establishment of first national park
April 22nd, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) has announced the establishment of the country's first internationally recognized national park.The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided key ... Read more...
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Swat valley: transition from Buddha to Radio Mullah
February 22nd, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Celebrated in the Hindu scriptures as 'udyan' (garden), it's a stunningly picturesque place where the Buddha once walked, cultures intersected, poets sang and mystics came in search ... Read more...
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5000-year-old Buddha statues being smuggled to China seized in Pakistan
December 20th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
According to The News, the Customs department had received credible information that an effort would be made to smuggle antique Buddha statues under the garb of postal parcels.
A surveillance team ... Read more...
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Hoffenheim go into winter break on top in Bundesliga (Roundup)
December 15th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Dec 15 (DPA) TSG Hoffenheim added a "playing ugly" attitude to their flair to earn a 1-1 draw against Schalke 04, a result good enough to see the newcomers go ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth Buddha statues head in Afghanistan
August 30th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, August 30 (ANI): French and Afghan archaeologists have unearthed the head of a Buddha statue and a precious coin in the province of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.The statues head belongs to ... Read more...
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Laura Bush arrives on visit to Afghanistan
June 8th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, June 8 (DPA) US First Lady Laura Bush arrived for one-day-visit in Afghanistan Sunday and was scheduled to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other senior officials, a government official said. ... Read more...
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New Zealand army denies damaging Afghanistan Buddha statues
May 4th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Wellington, May 4 (DPA) The New Zealand army denied Sunday damaging the ruins of one of Afghanistan's famous Bamian Buddha statues while detonating an unexploded rocket in the area. Najibullah Harar, head ... Read more...
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Oil was used to paint ancient Buddha murals in Afghanistan
April 23rd, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Experiments performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have proved that ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan, Afghanistan, were made of oil.These are the same precious paintings ... Read more...
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World’s first oil paintings discovered in Afghanistan
April 22nd, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Paris, April 22 (DPA) Scientists using advanced methods to investigate cave paintings in the Afghan region of Bamiyan say they may have identified what could be the first images produced using oil ... Read more...
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Footloose in Afghanistan, with an eye for poetry
February 26th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Blue skies, sparkling lakes, the Panjshir Valley in all its pristine beauty, a rugged old man laughing heartily, the hills of Bamiyan where timeless Buddha statues were ... Read more...
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Worlds earliest known oil paintings discovered in Afghan caves
February 7th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by admin
Washington, February 7 (ANI): A new chemical analysis suggests that Buddhist paintings from Afghanistan's famed Bamian caves are the worlds earliest known oil paintings, say researchers.The researchers say that the murals, ... Read more...
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