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PatnaDaily.Com - Referring to the RJD leader and Union Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s demand to move the Buddha’s remains to Hajipur, Kumar said that Hajipur was not the monopoly of any one leader and he fully understood the historical

After repression, war, Afghan art starts to undergo a revolution
Lansing State Journal - Then, in the mid-1990s, came the Taliban which infamously destroyed two ancient Buddha statues at Bamiyan despite an international outcry. A display case tucked away under a staircase on the ground floor of the National Gallery contains the torn up

2008 Adds a Leap Day but Loses a Holiday
Digital Chosunilbo - There will be five holidays of two consecutive days or more, including the anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, Children’s Day on May 5 and the Buddha’s Birthday on May 12. Linked to Sundays, these holidays lead to two days off. The

On top of the world in India
Daily Telegraph - The region’s real draws, of course, are the Buddhist temples and palaces, notably the Stok Palace, Hemis monastery, with its 400-year-old paintings, and Shey Gompa, which boasts a gold-leaf Buddha standing 40 feet high and some

Buddha watches over emerging new life in Nepal
Ashland Daily Tidings - KATMANDU, Nepal The all-seeing eyes of Buddha stare blankly over Katmandu’s Palace Square from a massive, wooden portal. The door is shut tight. But standing here on the very day in November when Maoist rebels signed a peace accord ending 10