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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicBuddhist sites

Topic: Buddhist sites

How Anuradhapura’s ancient monastic complex altered the course of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Over time, Abhayagiri diverged from the Mahavihara’s orthodox principles and evolved as a distinct and cosmopolitan centre of Buddhist thought in Sri Lanka.

Mughal paintings held clues that led archaeologist to a Christian chapel, Akbar’s Ibadat Khana

KK Muhammed is credited with the discovery of Akbar's Ibadat Khana and prominent Buddhist stupas. In an hour-long lecture, he shared fascinating stories from his excavation days.

2,000-year-old Piprahwa Gems, its Buddhist links & how govt stopped a Sotheby’s auction to bring it home

For long, a bone of contention between Indian and Hong Kong authorities, the Piprahwa Gems are now back in India after more than a century & 27 years.

Brahmins & Buddhists are fighting over Nehru, Khilji, and Bodh Gaya Temple Act

In what part of the world is a community denied full control over its holiest shrines? Except us?” asked Akash Lama, the general secretary of the All India Buddhist Forum.

Maha Kumbh has given CM Yogi a winning model—religious tourism for eastern UP

To fully utilise religious tourism in eastern UP, the state government must focus on developing sacred Buddhist sites.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.