An agitation demanding the end of ‘Brahmin control’ over the Mahabodhi temple has struck a chord in Maharashtra and other ...

Buddhist monk Gyanbodhi, in his 70s, came to the Domuhan Road protest site from Jagdalpur in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. “If Buddha is the incarnation of Vishnu, then keep the idol of Buddha in ...

Thousands in Ladakh have joined the hunger strike in Bodh Gaya for full control of the Mahabodhi temple, the place where according to tradition the Buddha received enlightenment. At the heart of the p ...

Bhikkhu Sanghasena The ongoing debates surrounding the Mahabodhi Temple Management Act, 1949, underscore a deeper issue of ...

A recent archaeological dig turned up a mostly complete Buddhist statue dating centuries, possibly during the 1100s or 1200s.

1. Buddhism: A Reform Movement within Hinduism Buddhism, founded by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) in the 6th century BCE, emerged in India as a response to the religious and social structures of the ...

Buddha Purnima or Buddha's birthday is observed on the Tithi of Shukla Paksha Purnima (full moon day) in the month of Vaisakh of the traditional Hindu calendar that falls during the months of ...

Deccan – Plateau in South Central India. Dharma – Duty (Hinduism); righteousness (Jainism); teachings of Buddha (Buddhism). Digambara– A sect belonging to the Jain religion known as ‘sky ...

“Knowledge and compassion are the message of the Buddha. Basavanna and the other Sharanas (reformers) took the Buddha’s philosophy forward to establish an egalitarian society free from all ...