️ SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA - The "Enlightened One" or the "Awakened One." ️ MURDRA - Is a symbolic, ritualistic gesture used in yoga, Buddhism and Hinduism. The word is Sanskrit meaning ...

These eyeballs are scattered around the land on the heads of Buddha statues. With six to find, chances are you might miss one or two in your travels across the area. Plus, when it comes to using ...

The pieces are part of the heads of Naga, archaeologists said, a guardian deity thought to have sheltered the Buddha from ...

"Usually we use bamboo brooms, but they are just too small for this Buddha statue," said Ushiku temple representative Masahiro Maekawa. "This event also has the meaning for us of reflecting on the ...

making it the largest reclining Buddha statue in Thailand. The complex also houses the most Buddha's in all of Thailand. Along with the famous reclining Buddha, Wat Pho features a whopping 394 ...

The University of Michigan Museum of Art is sending a ninth-century Buddha statue back to Nepal, ArtNews reported.

7). The new space features a 20-foot-tall statue of Kwan Yin, a female version of the Buddha, as well as a new Medicine Buddha statue from Vietnam, which was installed earlier this week.

The stones once belonged to a seven-headed serpent-like statue found with a Buddha in the temple. Screengrab from Apsara National Authority's Facebook page What are we learning about the past?

"Usually we use bamboo brooms, but they are just too small for this Buddha statue," said Ushiku temple representative Masahiro Maekawa. "This event also has the meaning for us of reflecting on the ...