China: Monks hold protest against forceful shutdown of monastery in Gansu

Aug 04, 2021

Beijing [China] August 5 : Monks from Hongcheng monastery held a protest against Beijing for forcibly shutting down a monastery in China's Gansu...

Delhi continues to experience rain, Monastery market shopkeepers remove goods due to rising level of Yamuna

Sep 02, 2025

Delhi continues to grapple with rainfall, causing traffic jams, waterlogging and signs of possible flooding. Visuals from Okhla Barrage show the continuous increase...

Three-day Poy-Lang festival begins in Assam's Charaideo

Feb 04, 2024

The three-day Poy-Lang festival, organised under the initiative of Shyam Gaon Buddhist Monastery, began in the fields near the Buddhist Monastery of Chalapathar in...

Myanmar's military junta kills 29 at a monastery in southern Shan State

Mar 15, 2023

Photographs posted online on Sunday showed several blood-soaked bodies near the entrance to the village monastery, including three belonging to Buddhist monks. The front...

Bhutan's Chari Monastery undergoing major restoration: Report

Dec 07, 2023

The 400-year-old Chari Monastery in Bhutan's Thimphu is undergoing a major restoration. Considering Loo-nag or inauspicious years in 2024 and 2025, the Laytshog Lopen...

Tibetan Buddhists perform Lama dance to celebrate birthday of Guru Padmasambhava

May 31, 2023

Scores of monks assembled here at Dorjeedak Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Panthaghati near Shimla.