Accompanied by Intizar Hussain, Asif Farrukkhi reads out a tale from his Urdu translation of the Jatakas at T2F on Tuesday evening.–Photo by White Star KARACHI: Eminent writer Intizar Hussain and ...

Written texts in Thai Buddhist manuscripts may not always pay much attention to female figures, but the illustrations often depict male and female beings, and sometimes the relationships between them, ...

Buddhist paintings are a significant feature in Sri Lankan heritage. Ever since Buddhist art and architecture began to flourish after the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC, the artists ...

Buddhist legends: Beginnings -- Sumedha meets Dipankara Buddha -- The birth of the Buddha -- Leaving home -- Enlightenment -- Angulimala the robber -- Nalagiri the elephant -- Kisa Gotami -- ...

The Ramayana story reveals the Vedic world that thrived in the Gangetic plains between 1,000 CE and 500 CE, though the story itself came to be written between 200 BCE and 200 CE. Buddhist Jataka tales ...

He dies and comes back to see his family as a swan Under the direction of Preeti Jha Tiwari two Jataka Tales were staged in form a play in the city. The first act was about a sage who helps a woman ...

The High Commission of India in Colombo distributed 500 copies of the Sinhala translations of 5 Amar Chitra Katha Jataka Tales comic books at an event to coincide with Medin Poya. The books were ...

The background of “Phra Nang Farang” is based upon the artist’s impressions of the Phra Nang peninsula, which is known for its limestone peaks. Courtesy photo Artist Cody Seekins hopes to take viewers ...

The High Commission of India in Colombo on 09 March distributed 500 copies of the Sinhala translations of five Amar Chitra Katha Jataka Tales comic books to mark the Medin Full Moon Poya Day, the ...

Please click on the images for glimpses of His Holiness The Dalai Lama seen in public for the first time in two years. IMAGE: After the coronavirus pandemic began, The Dalai Lama has been in seclusion ...