It has been eight months since I left for my new post in Okayama without my family, and I have been leading an unhealthy ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former US President Donald Trump’s friendship is not just a diplomatic formality between the ...

That female Buddha Green Tara is meant to embody fearlessness, remove obstacles, and offer protection from suffering.

When the king is weak, the mandala contracts. The sphere of influence keeps changing. That is how the Indian model of kingship is established, through the idea of the circle. In Tantrik Buddhism, the ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to create an ornate mandala using only letters of a name. Mandalas are designs that represent the cosmos or universe from the human perspective. They are often used ...

Nearly all of the UNESCO-listed, centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist temples that sprinkle the city have been restored to their former glory, and the 19th-century Dharahara tower — a city icon ...

“On Friday, there’s a dissolution ritual where they destroy the mandala and offer the blessings again. It’s more than an artistic exhibition. It’s a demonstration of a particular kind of ritual ...