Spectacular festival held at Kashmir’’s Spituk Buddhist Monastery
January 25th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Leh (Ladakh), Jan.25 (ANI): The ''Spituk Gustor'', an annual two-day monastic festival, took place at the Spituk Monastery on January 18 and 19 in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir.
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Ashoka Pillar at Australia
November 21st, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 21 (IANS) It has been hailed as historic. A five-metre-high Ashoka Pillar now stands at a monastery located midway between Sydney and Canberra, in a celebration of the spread of ... Read more...
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Buddhists congregate in Agartala for religious festival
November 10th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Agartala, Nov 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Buddhists congregated at Agartala''s historical Buddhist monastery here on Sunday to participate in the 32nd ''Kathin Chibor Dan'' Festival, one of the main religious festivals ... Read more...
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China fully aware Arunachal part of India: Mukherjee
November 10th, 2008 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 9 (IANS) India Sunday said that China is “fully aware” that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and underlined that both sides are working together to ... Read more...
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1,900 yr old Buddhist monastery discovered in Gujarat
October 13th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Gujarat State Archaeological Department has discovered a small size Buddhist monastery in Gujarats Vadnagar, which dates back to 1,900 years.According to a report in Desh Gujarat, ... Read more...
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Buddhist funeral for 800 dead storks in Assam
September 22nd, 2008 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 22 (IANS) Hundreds of Buddhist villagers in Assam performed a unique funeral ritual for more than 800 endangered storks that perished last week after a 200-year-old banyan tree in which ... Read more...
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China expresses surprise over Indias disappointment with its NSG stand
September 9th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , Sept 9 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who is on a three-day visit to India , has said that he is surprised by reports that India is ... Read more...
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Nation’’s first community reserve biosphere comes up in Arunachal Pradesh
September 7th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Kaikho Paphro
Simong Village, Upper Siang District, (Arunachal Pradesh), Sep.7 (ANI): Called the ''Land of the Rising Sun'' Arunachal Pradesh is known for its rich bio-diversity and natural beauty. And, to ... Read more...
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Tibet’s major Buddhist monastery reopens after March riot
August 28th, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lhasa, Aug 28 (Xinhua) A major Buddhist monastery in Tibet's capital Lhasa has been reopened to visitors after it remained closed since the March 14 riot, monastery officials said Thursday.The Zhaibung Monastery, ... Read more...
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Sydney residents oppose Buddhist monastery development
August 19th, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 19 (IANS) A Buddhist society's plans to build a temple in south-western Sydney is facing an outcry from residents, coming as it does close on the heels of the recent ... Read more...
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2nd century 2-feet-high Buddha statue unearthed in Pak
June 20th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Taxila, June 20 (ANI): Archeologists in Pakistan have reportedly discovered a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya at the remains of a Buddhist monastery in Badal Pur area located around 13 kilometres north-east ... Read more...
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Archaeologists make new discoveries about ancient Afghan cultures
May 23rd, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
Vilnius (Lithuania), May 23 (ANI): Lithuanian archaeologists, carrying out excavation work in the Ghor province of Afghanistan, have collected large amounts of evidence about cultures that prospered in the region centuries ... Read more...
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Rare Mathura style Buddha sculpture found in Pakistan
March 19th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, March 19 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a rare 2nd Century AD Buddha sculpture in red sandstone in Taxila, Pakistan, which might prove to be important as it is a Mathura ... Read more...
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Buddhist monastery in Ladakh proves a tourists’ draw
January 5th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
Nubra Vally (Ladakh), Jan 5 (ANI): Disket Gompa, a Tibetan Monastery, located in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir is mesmerising tourists.
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