UP assembly polls: Monks at Kushinagar monasteries demand govt Buddhist University

Mar 01, 2022

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India] March 1 : Buddhist monks in Kushinagar, an international Buddhist pilgrimage centre that will go to polls on March 3...

India, Sri Lanka are bonded together by Buddhism

Dec 31, 2022

A delegation of high-ranking Sri Lankan Buddhist monks, who were on a pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya to attend discourses of the holy city, has...

MoU signed to promote Buddhist learning, practice

Jun 15, 2022

Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], June 15 : New Delhi-based International Buddhist Confederation and Mongolia's Ganden Tegchenling Monastery signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote national...

Varanasi's Buddhist pilgrimage site Sarnath sees huge boost in domestic tourism

May 23, 2024

Sarnath has developed a lot since Narendra Modi elected as Prime Minister in 2014. Earlier, mostly foreign tourists used to visit Sarnath but now,...

Young scholars organise conference to explore Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India

Aug 07, 2023

It aimed to ignite the passion of the next generation to explore the eight Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India and conduct research on other...

Korean social activist Pomnyun Sunim leads Buddhist practitioners on pilgrimage to India

Apr 08, 2023

Korean master, social activist and author Venerable Pomnyun Sunim led 1,250 practitioners from Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community he founded, on a pilgrimage...