Mumbai's Kanheri Caves were a flourishing Buddhist monastery until the 16th century. A DAG heritage walk titled 'Tracing Stone & Shadow' cast fresh light on their history.
In 'Eight Million Ways to Happiness', Hiroko Yoda reveals the traditions that infuse Japan's culture, from Shinto, Buddhism, and the mountain mysticism of Shugendo.
In Sri Lanka, where Buddhism shapes national identity, political culture and daily life, the exposition of holy relics marks a deliberate move of Indian diplomacy.
A December 2025 study examining the influence of religion on the internet revealed that belief systems are shaping digital conversations and curiosity.
PM Modi will inaugurate the exposition, ‘The Light and the Lotus: Relics of the Awakened One’ of Piprahwa relics at Delhi's Rai Pithora Cultural Complex on 3 January.
The Robe and the Sword examines how strands of modern Buddhist nationalism have intersected with state power, ethnic conflict and majoritarian politics in parts...
Over time, Abhayagiri diverged from the Mahavihara’s orthodox principles and evolved as a distinct and cosmopolitan centre of Buddhist thought in Sri Lanka.
At a lecture in National Museum, Prof Abhijit Dandekar described how Maharashtra's ruling families, from Satavahanas to Maharathis and Mahabhojas, funded cave construction.
The text is more than just religious expositions. It is a historical piece of writing wherein a city like Baghdad, founded in 762 CE, has been mentioned twice.
From Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to Mohammedan Sporting, footbclubs once shaped identity, pride and belonging across Bengal’s social fabric. Now, the political field has taken over.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
Convert to whatever you want but life will still suck. You will still breathe the same polluted air, drink the same contaminated water, navigate the same travails be it whilst commuting daily or looking for good education or healthcare. It is the curse of India that even those who should know better, still keep focusing on the same useless belief systems and thoughtlessness.
What’s with this hatred within for hinduism , by the way if you analyse buddhism as a religion, it is standing on shoulders of Hindus more specifically brahmins , almost all of major thinkers , monks , scholars are brahmins . By the way buddhism too has appropriated many hindu gods and Philosophy.
Mr. Wankhede, do you think the Islamic jihadi terrorists in Pahalgam would have spared the lives of those tourists if instead of being Hindu they were Buddhists?
Please look around you – especially at the situations in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. You would realise that Islam cannot co-exist with other religions. Islam is as much of a threat to Buddhism as it is to Hinduism.
Convert to whatever you want but life will still suck. You will still breathe the same polluted air, drink the same contaminated water, navigate the same travails be it whilst commuting daily or looking for good education or healthcare. It is the curse of India that even those who should know better, still keep focusing on the same useless belief systems and thoughtlessness.
What’s with this hatred within for hinduism , by the way if you analyse buddhism as a religion, it is standing on shoulders of Hindus more specifically brahmins , almost all of major thinkers , monks , scholars are brahmins . By the way buddhism too has appropriated many hindu gods and Philosophy.
Mr. Wankhede, do you think the Islamic jihadi terrorists in Pahalgam would have spared the lives of those tourists if instead of being Hindu they were Buddhists?
Please look around you – especially at the situations in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. You would realise that Islam cannot co-exist with other religions. Islam is as much of a threat to Buddhism as it is to Hinduism.