Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Governor Kim Jin-tae) announced on November 21 that it will officially designate ...

It's morning in Battersea Park in London, and I'm standing near the river, next to the Peace Pagoda. Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk drums his way over the ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Seated Buddha (made between 100 and 300 AD). Stone statue; from Gandhara, Pakistan It's morning ...

This is one the first images of the Buddha ever created. It shows him in an enlightened state, wearing monk's robes and seated in the lotus position. The position of his hands indicates that he is ...

The seated Buddha image of Phra Buddha Trai Rattananayok, also known as Phra To or Luang Pho To, is majestic. The statue is housed in a vihara (prayer hall) at Wat Kanlayanamit in Thon Buri on the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Currently, this wood sculpture’s ...

This twelfth-century image by the master sculptor Unkei marks a turning point in the history of Buddhist art in Japan. It can be seen as a harbinger of the artistic splendors to come during the ...

OVERSEAS visitors marvel at the grandeur of the Leshan Giant Buddha — the largest cliff-carved statue in China ...

"Ice Buddha," South Korean artist Atta Kim's five-and-a-half feet tall, 1,300-pound ice sculpture of a seated Buddha is now on display at the Rubin Museum of Art. That is, until it melts. The ...