My preoccupation with the hand started with seeing pictures of Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, The Hand. It spoke as no words can. And, following that, I have never failed to notice hands in art ...

Archaeologists at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia have discovered a 800-year-old Buddha torso that matches a statue head found in ...

People don’t create their culture consciously but it develops as per the innovations and interactions with nature. Arts and ...

The other hand rests in the Buddha's lap, open and facing upward as a gesture of compassion. Some depictions feature the other hand extended out in a gesture of comfort. The Teaching Buddha ...

From filming locations to extras and cultural details, here's our review of The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 6 as seen by a ...

In the wake of the success of the animated movie Ne Zha 2, a wave of "Ne Zha fever" has swept across China. Streets have become canvases for vibrant murals, with the rebellious yet heroic figure ...

17. “Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine ...

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu feature an ovoid belly that tapers into a high narrow neck and ends in a ...

The royal adoption of Indic garb was more than a deliberate campaign to cement control – it was a sign of a deeper form of ...

Though more than a centenary before our current mystery author’s time there, I feel the resonances of Aurobindo in the author’s depiction ... that even Lord Buddha himself had seemingly ...