The birthday of the Buddha is a holy occasion for all his followers, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country to which one belongs.

A group who used sex dolls to carry out “ritual incantations” in the car park of Myanmar’s holiest site will be prosecuted by the religious affairs ministry, state media said on Monday.

Devotees gathered around the banyan tree, considered sacred, and watered it in Myanmar. In India ... northern India, Tibetan Buddhist monks sat crossed-legs on the floor, chanting prayers as ...

Thousands of Buddhist devotees are expected to gather at the historic Maha Vihara in Brickfields here as the temple marks not just Wesak Day sacred to Buddhists but also its 130th celebration today.

Buddhist clergy are extremely influential in Myanmar, an overwhelmingly Buddhist ... car announced details of the incident to monks and devotees at the monastery in Bago. Bhaddanta Gunikabhivamsa ...

In Myanmar, the military has adeptly employed Buddhism as a tool for leveraging its political power. This practice can be described as “Saffron Washing,” a nod to the concept of ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A local resistance group fighting against Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the ...

A photographer captured this damaged pagoda on April 2, 2025 in the ancient city of Ava, Myanmar. Pagodas serve as Buddhist temples and sacred buildings throughout Myanmar. Photograph by Myo Kyaw ...

Rampant Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar risks alienating minority religions in the country, according to the authors of a new survey. The majority of the 2,000 people polled by the Myanmar Egress ...

Mandalay (Myanmar) (AFP) – The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named. The child's ...