BRAINTREE – Come October, passersby on Quincy Avenue and visitors to the Samantabhadra Buddhist Center in Braintree will see a striking display – a 9-foot, 4-ton jade statue of the Buddha. The ...

It appeared unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard just off a state highway in New Jersey. One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 feet high from the woods in Franklin ...

Mysuru: A 113-foot-tall Buddha statue is being built at the Dhondenling Tibetan settlement camp in Odeyarpalya of Hanur taluk in Chamarajanagar district, inspired by the Ravangla Buddha Park statue in ...

For ages, the human form has been the subject of artistic interpretation. By studying sculptures from throughout the centuries, archaeologists and historians have been able to piece together the ...

A magnificent solid gold Buddha statue, weighing over 12,000 pounds, was discovered in Thailand after being hidden under plaster for centuries. This priceless religious icon, worth millions, showcases ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero soon after the atomic bombing to provide emotional support for survivors, is finally coming home after disappearing for half a ...

The world's largest stone Buddha statue, the Giant Buddha of Leshan, needs a repair, again. Less than three years after the completion of the latest large-scale facelift -- the seventh in over a ...

BANGKOK (ANN): A 69-metre-tall Dhammakaya Thep Mongkol Buddha statue with a 40-metre lap has been built for Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, a royal temple located in the Phasi Charoen district of Bangkok.

KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the ...

After drifting around for nearly a century abroad, a large stone Buddha head finally returned home to Taiyuan in North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday. The Buddha head statue is the 100th such ...