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PM Modi to inaugurate exposition of sacred Piprahwa Relics on Saturday, urges people to witness the relics brought back to India after 127 years

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Grand International Exposition of Sacred Piprahwa Relics titled “The Light & the Lotus: Relics of the Awakened...
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Ancient Piprahwa relics of Buddha returns to India after 127 years: Read what are the gems and how Indian govt brought them back after...

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Buddhists believe that the items buried along with the cremated ashes of Buddha in the original caskets of Buddha comprise Sharirik Dhatu.
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Ancient Nalanda Buddha statue returned to India from USA, was among the 14 bronzes looted from Nalanda Museum

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The sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni, also known as the Bodhisattva Maitreya, is made of gilded copper alloy.
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Tibet Monks beaten, arrested for ‘leaking info’ after being forced to watch the demolition of giant Buddha by China in Draggo: Details

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China in the Sichuan province destroyed a 99 foot tall Buddha statue and 45 prayer wheels in the Draggo county, Kham, Tibet
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Actor Siddharth says Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Guru Gobind Singh, others were humans and ‘fornicated and excreted’ just like us

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Fornication essentially means consensual sexual intercourse between two individuals who are not married.
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‘If you don’t destroy it, your marriage will end’: Newly discovered ancient Buddha statue destroyed on Muslim cleric’s order in Pakistan

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After an ancient Buddha statue was discovered during construction activity in Pakistan, it was destroyed on the orders of a Muslim cleric
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Buddhist rock carvings vandalised by Islamists in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan flag painted on ancient artwork

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Islamists vandalise Buddhist rock carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan by writing Islamic slogans on the rock-art from 800 AD.
Culture and History

Rediscovering ‘Sunyata’: Unifying Buddhism and Vedanta

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
What if I say Buddha was a proponent of Vedanta? Blasphemous, some would say. Far-fetched, others may venture to say. However, if one were to...
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MHA warns West Bengal police of a possible suicide bombing attack in the state on Buddha Purnima

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IB report states that a woman bomber posing as a pregnant devotee might commit suicide bombings in West Bengal on Buddha Purnima.
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Bangalore University: Controversy in campus over Buddha idol being installed in place of Saraswati idol

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Bangalore University has witnessed a turmoil after a Buddha idol was allegedly forcefully installed on a pedestal meant for a Saraswathi idol.
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