The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

Thais are celebrating this year's Songkran festival, also known as the Buddhist New Year. The festival, held between 13 and 15 April in Thailand, is also celebrated in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Steve Lee Hayes had carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Two Buddhist monks have been fatally shot and two others wounded inside a temple in southern Thailand. Witnesses described seeing gunmen dressed in black arrive on motorbikes before storming the ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

Over the years plying her trade on the streets of majority-Buddhist Bangkok ... complicated to ask for a certified halal logo ...

The journey represents a symbolic bridge between India, the birthplace of Buddhism, and Thailand, a country deeply steeped in Buddhist traditions and heritage. Indian Ambassador to Thailand Nagesh ...

Margot Bigg is a freelance travel writer and editor who has spent most of her adult life traveling and living overseas. Her ...

Every year in Thailand, on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar – usually in November – ...

Some Buddhist temples in Thailand are extremely wealthy because their followers donate large amounts as a way of making religious merit.

Buddha Belly Thai in Southend on Sea has been named a 2024/25 Good Food Award winner. Owners Ben and Yupin are celebrating Buddha Belly Thai’s 2nd birthday, whilst also announcing the very exciting ...

Bangkok recently unveiled a four-year plan to capitalise on the growing market for Muslim-friendly food and products.