Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

We’ve spent 5 weeks traveling around Japan in the spring and fall seasons, and during both trips we made sure to visit Nara ...

Discover the country's timeless charms, far from the big cities.

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

In mid-to-late November, fall colors can be seen on around 3,000 trees on the temple grounds. Take note of the unique Buddha statue in the main hall, which looks back over its shoulder. A parking lot ...

and 1,200 smaller "rakan" statues of the Buddha's pupils, who trained to reach enlightenment. The rakan statues have been carved by past priests and parishioners, so each one looks slightly different.

How to Get There: Take the Tokaido Shinkansen from Mishima or Odawara (2 hours). ・Todai-ji Temple – Home to Japan’s largest Great Buddha statue. ・Nara Park – A massive park where you can interact with ...

The homeless menace accused of vandalizing six Manhattan Buddhist and Taoist temples – including hurling a Buddha statue out the window – was cut loose in court Wednesday night thanks to ...

New Delhi: YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy thought he was the Saddam Hussein of Andhra Pradesh and would stay in power for 30 years, TDP leader and minister Nara Lokesh said today, hitting ...

A French politician is in the limelight for his recent and rather controversial statement. He has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, presented by the French people as a gift in 1884.