Glaciers are not just spectacular indicators of climate change as they shrink and disappear due to global warming. They are also, for many communities, an irreplaceable source of fresh water. During ...

Kushan Mitra explores one of the few remaining sites in Central India with a direct connection to ancient India’s greatest emperor Sanchi is a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ sort of town, much ...

Ice stupas provide essential water in the during the spring for irrigation in an area where snow and rainfall is decreasing | Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project It is early June and the harsh sun ...

The Yangju City Hoeamsa Temple Site Museum in Gyeonggi Province announced on August 21 that it will hold an academic conference titled "The Space of Hoeamsa Temple and Buddhist Stupas in the Late ...

Bangkok-based Backyard Travel is offering a new one-day/two-night trip that takes travelers on a tour of Sagar on the southern shores of Myanmar's Inle Lake, one of the country's most beautiful, yet ...

The Fine Arts Department and the assistant abbot of the Temple of Dawn or Wat Arun deny claims the latest restoration of its iconic stupas have diminished the traditional beauty of the structures.

TAXILA: One of the world’s oldest preserved stupas is on the brink of being destroyed as they have significantly been damaged by unprecedented monsoon rains in Taxila valley. The double-headed eagle ...

There’s a hidden gem tucked in Butler County. An art installation that reclaimed an abandoned coal mine for native plant and animal species. Last month, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh hosted a ...

Patna, May 7: A forgotten chapter of ancient history is emerging, slowly and silently, in Bihar with Patna?s KP Jaiswal Research Institute identifying as many as 70 Buddhist stupas, 50 of which remain ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In Colombo’s tree-rich public gardens, the sorceress of the trumpet tree chooses her spells to weave a circular carpet of pastel pink flowers that mirror the colours of the flowering canopy overhead.