It is also the site of the world's largest stone statue of Buddha. The Great Buddha at Leshan This colossal statue was carved on a cliff on Soaring to the Clouds Hill facing the three rivers.

The stones once belonged to a seven-headed serpent-like statue found with a Buddha in the temple. Screengrab from Apsara National Authority's Facebook page What are we learning about the past?

These images Professor Perera states led to the ideas pertaining to the turning out of colossal statues of the Buddha in Sri Lanka. The first attempt was the carving of the Avukana Buddha Image in the ...

In the 18th century, however, they fell into neglect and were largely forgotten until 1908 when visiting German architect Ernst Boerschmann "discovered" the grand caves filled with Buddha statues ...

PETALING JAYA: A Buddha statue in an 80-year-old temple in Kuala Terengganu was found vandalised this morning, with police ...

The statues had been carved from the cliff in the ... co-organiser of the "A night with Buddha" event. All pictures subject to copyright The Taliban have been revisiting rulings made under the ...

Gifts are taken to an altar to be offered to the Buddha statues. This shows respect and gratitude to the Buddha for his life and teachings. Giving to others is an important Buddhist tradition.

In Thailand, the looting of ancient sites to service the antiques trade has led to a total export ban on statues of any part of the Buddha – hands and feet, for example. These appendages have ...