PM Modi gifted with traditional Daruma doll during his Japan visit

Aug 29, 2025

A Daruma doll is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modelled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen tradition of Buddhism. These dolls, though...

Bodhidharma: Buddhist monk from India credited for diffusion of Chan Buddhism in China

Dec 08, 2022

Bodhidharma was said to be the third son of Pallava king Simhavarman II of the ancient Pallava dynasty of South India.