India is the tallest statues in the world, standing at 182 meters. It honours Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a prominent leader in India’s independence movement who later became the country’s first Deputy ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...

TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki (Japan): A former chief priest of a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, from which a Buddha statue was stolen and taken to South Korea, said he was “relieved” about ...

Stone Buddha statues stand quietly in the garden of Hashimoto-in Temple. Amid the falling snow, spring flowers are beginning ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

Venerable Wonwoo, chief priest of Buseok Temple, expressed mixed emotions about the temporary return. "It's hard to fathom why a Buddha statue, created with the sincere devotion of Goryeo people ...

The Temple of the ... its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long and is 50 meters tall, making it the largest reclining Buddha statue in Thailand.

Sekko Tanaka worships the Buddha statue, which was stolen from Kannonji temple in Japan, at Buseoksa Temple in South Korea on Jan. 24. The Yomiuri Shimbun 2:00 JST, February 1, 2025 TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the Japanese temple that held it ... hold a 100-day ceremony through Buddha’s Birthday on May 5.

Her apartment and all her belongings were destroyed – except for a Buddha statue. LOS ANGELES - One month ago, the Palisades Fire ripped through Heather Burnett's apartment, destroying ...

(250201) -- FRANKFURT, Feb. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A lion dancer performs during the Spring Festival temple fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 31, 2025. The first Spring Festival temple fair in ...

The Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami statue in Paritala town near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh is the world's tallest Hanuman temple ... popularly known as the Buddha Park of Ravangla, is ...