A magnificent solid gold Buddha statue, weighing over 12,000 pounds, was discovered in Thailand after being hidden under ...

BANGKOK (AP) — More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha ...

The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen at the end of an avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, June 9, 2021. Reuters BANGKOK, June 21 – A Thai temple building a 230-foot Buddha ...

The Buddha is sometimes portrayed as a smiling, sitting chubby man, with a giant belly protruding from the middle. According to a new study, Thailand's large Buddhist monk community may be striving to ...

The holy relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, which were ferried from India to Thailand, were enshrined on Friday for public veneration at the specially built mandapam at Sanam Luang pavilion ...

Below a statue of a reclining Buddha, an ancient treasure was found. Thailand Department of Fine Arts More than 1,000 years ago, below the statue of the reclining Buddha in an ancient temple, someone ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A group of Buddhist hardliners in Thailand filed a police complaint against a young female artist on Wednesday over paintings that depict images of the Buddha as the 1960s Japanese ...