A 2000-year-old Ashokan stupa near eastern Tibet had made news in 2012 for being a milestone of the Mauryan emperor’s propagation and spread of Buddhism and emerging as a cultural frontier of ...

World News:Ashoka stupa restored in ChinaA 2,000-year-old lost stupa, one of 19 built with Lord Buddha’s relics sent by Emperor Ashoka to China, has been restored with religious rites by an ...

I approached it from almost a mile away, unsure if I should feel blessed or intimidated. It was, after all, the world's highest stupa according to local media reports.

China’s very own Sanchi stupa is nearly complete and ready to be opened for pilgrims soon, thanks to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s promise of a “gift” from the Indian government during ...

The miniature stupa is 1.8 meters in height, embedded with more than four-hundred-and-fifty diamonds. It is the largest of its kind unearthed in China so far.

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

An ice stupa in the Ladakh region of India. This 'artificial glacier' is created using only a pipe and water pressure and can help farmers fight the effects of climate change in the region.

China is stepping up the protection of a well-known stupa, or Buddhist shrine building, of Tibetan Buddhism in the northwest province of Qinghai.

The exchange highlighted how the process of identifying the next Dalai Lama could add fresh tensions to relations between the two countries.

Buddhists in Bangladesh are brimming with inner pride as with the support of China, a new stupa has been built as a monument to house sacred relics and honor an ancient Buddhist scholar.

To date, excavations cover 3,900 square meters. The two existent structures are a stupa in the center of the site, and a pagoda with a square-shaped base in the northernmost section.