Reportedly, the symbol represents the feet or footprints of Buddha and is often included at the beginning or end of ...

Kalayogi Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was born on 22 August 1877. Throughout his life, he made significant contributions to the world, particularly ...

Every year we play a ton of great games that we celebrate in December, and those games can be great for all sorts of reasons: amazing level design, incredible atmosphere, outstanding combat or ...

Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be used to carve ecclesiastical statuettes by indigenous artisans.

After striking a few high notes, Anil Sharma’s familiar take on the abuse of parents in old age suffers from staginess and ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

Smartphone apps, social media, and artificial intelligence are all making religion more accessible. Is it enough to slow ...

An ornate silver cross perched regally on her chest. “The necklace, aside from sitting more perfectly than the other 100 I ...

The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The wick ...

One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 feet high from the woods in Franklin Township, near Princeton. It was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan ...