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Jataka Tales, Stupas to Meditation Haven: Telangana Gets New Buddhist Theme Park
Telangana: with the newly-opened Buddhavanam, Telangana aims to feature among the most important Buddhist sites in the world. This Buddhist Heritage Theme Park at Nagarjunasagar in…
Read more →Authorities refuse help to rebuild Tibetan monastery destroyed in an earthquake
Lhasa: Monks from the Gyalrong Tsodun Kriti Monastery in northeastern Tibet do not know if they will receive help from local Chinese officials to rebuild after the structure was de…
Read more →China sets information blockade after earthquake hits Tibetan county
The Chinese government is imposing an information lockdown after a series of earthquakes in a Tibetan county in Sichuan province displaced more than 25,000 residents, RFA has repor…
Read more →Significance of Sikkim for Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Introduction Tibetan Spiritual Leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim from October 10 to 14 this year. Sikkim's Chief Minister, Prem Singh Tamang, has officia…
Read more →Book Excerpt: Tibet exerted a huge religious and cultural influence on the Himalayan regions
This excerpt (Pages: 27-30) from Nirupama Rao’s ‘ The Fractured Himalaya: India China Tibet 1949-1962 ’ has been published with permission from Penguin Random Hou…
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