Often known as the happiest country in the world, Bhutan – a nation tucked away in the Himalayan mountains – is home to thousands of priceless thangka paintings. Thangkas are Tibetan ...

Their influence extends to nearby provinces and beyond to South-East Asian countries. Thangka, the art of painting religious scrolls used to venerate Buddha, uses a special brush to apply natural dyes ...

During a 2007 pilgrimage retracing the Buddha’s life from Nepal to India ... lacquer carving, porcelain, thangka scrolls, and ivory carving. Xue tracked down 62-year-old Li Chunke, one of ...

"We do not want people to forget what a horrific crime was committed here," said Zahra Hussaini, co-organiser of the "A night with Buddha" event. All pictures subject to copyright The Taliban have ...

Missionaries, many of them South Korean like Pang, have helped build one of the world's fastest-growing Christian communities in Nepal, a former Hindu kingdom and the birthplace of Lord Buddha.

Monks outside the Buddha Stupa in Kathmandu ... and the Boudha Stupa Thangka Center to learn about the country’s history and its people’s beliefs. Wandering through the alleyways and rubbing ...

Kozo Akino (first from the left), a member of Japan's House of Councillors and former state minister of finance, visits an embroidery Thangka art exhibition at the Kadokawa Culture Museum in ...

Likir also controls Alchi monastery. The main attractions of the monastery are its architecture, murals, thangkas, 75 feet statue of Buddha and stupas. There are two assembly halls known as Dukhangs.

Siddhartha was born on the border between India and Nepal. He was born into a privileged family, who were considered a ruling family. Birth - Buddhist teachings say that his mother, Queen Maya ...

Maitreya Buddha, Thiksey Monastery ... The walls of the Dukhang are painted with murals, and thangkas hang from the edges of ...

Inside the monastery are some stunning ancient murals, thangkas and scriptures that offer ... With colorful images depicting ...