After 16 years, a public exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha – one of the most venerated ...

Buddha Purnima marks the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, who gave up his privileges and became the founder of Buddhism. It is observed on the full moon night of the Hindu month of Vaisakha.

Did you know that the literal meaning of Jataka is ‘birth stories’? A fact we know well is that the Jatakas are a body of ...

At the age of thirty-five, under a papal tree, Sidhartha reached enlightenment and became an "enlightened one"--a Buddha (c. 528 BC). Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni ...

Buddhism, founded by Gautama Buddha in the 6th century BCE, is one of the major world religions that focuses on the path to ...

Under the sacred pipal or Bodhi tree, Gautama Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. According to some Buddhist texts, the pipal is believed to be the centre of ...

However the theories slightly differ in other regions. Irrespective of the belief the day of Buddha Purnima is celebrated with same love and affection towards Gautama Buddha, all across India. Not ...

Curiously, Buddha himself is said never to have set foot there. Yet Sanchi holds a revered place on the Buddhist map. Even in places where Gautama did not tread, his presence is felt. Though his ...

A ctor Phalguni Khanna, known for starring in the Sonakshi Sinha starrer Akira (2016), recently made her Sri Lankan film ...