GAUHATI, India – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has consecrated a Buddhist monastery for religious purposes in India's remote northeast, ignoring Chinese warning that his visit to a ...

The Takthok monastery, some 50 kilometres south-east of Leh, the capital of India's northern Ladakh region, belongs to the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism with direct links to Indian scholar ...

With its rustic charm, Dhankar village and its attractions are perfect for those looking for wholesome slow-travel.

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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. — In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokemon and rap music. Yet a few years from now, he’s expecting ...

DHARMSALA, India – Indian authorities are investigating the source of large amounts of money found in a northern Indian monastery that is the headquarters of Tibetan Buddhism's third most important ...

BAIJNATH, India—Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the ...

A copper plate that was recovered by British archaeologists in the nineteenth century, around six miles from the spot, bore an inscription about the monastery being present in the area and monks and ...

HYDERABAD, India – With plans to make its capital city Amaravati, coming up in Vijayawada region, an international tourist destination, Andhra Pradesh government is mulling to set up a ‘Monastery Boul ...

Subarna Bhattachan, the restauranteur behind three downtown restaurants, is organizing the event, which will be 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, and will feature classical Indian music by ...