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 ...

AYUTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters Life!) - Thai police promised to get tough with criminals who steal historic artifacts for the international market after a spate of thefts from the old capital of Ayuthaya ...

Buddhist devotees in Thailand and around the world now have a chance to visit and pray before a masterpiece replica of the Fasting Buddha, considered to be one of the “most profound and powerful ...

THAI craftsman have come to the rescue of a Buddhist temple in Edinburgh after discovering that a cherished statue was stolen by thieves. A stone carver in Thailand produced a 550lb Buddha statue to ...

A man’s drug-fueled rampage in a temple in Thailand ended last month when he was fatally impaled by the spiked head of a Buddha statue, according to a report. The deceased, referred to as 49-year-old ...

Indian mythologist and writer Devdutt Pattanaik has claimed that a Hanuman statue built in Texas is based on the Thai Buddha's gesture of "do not fight.” Indian mythologist and writer Devdutt ...

According to Wikipedia, at 302 feet, this is the ninth tallest statue in the world, between a Peter the Great statue in Moscow and another Buddha in Wuxi, China. The Statue of Liberty, for comparison, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai temple building a 69-metre-tall (230 ft) Buddha statue that will be visible across Bangkok said construction was nearly complete but its opening may be pushed back to 2022 ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai temple building a 69-metre-tall (230 ft) Buddha statue that will be visible across Bangkok said construction was nearly complete but its opening may be pushed back to 2022 ...