Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monks socially distancing as they go about their daily alms rounds while dressed in face masks as well as robes have become a ...

With a view to improve inter-religious relations, the Muslim community in Colombo organised a formal alms giving for Buddhist monks recently. The ‘Gossip Lanka News’ reported that the alms giving was ...

Boon Leua (right) showing the plaque from George Town World Heritage Incorporated to Venerable Phra Kru. — Photo: GARY CHEN/The Star A HUNDRED and twenty Buddhists from the Siamese community and the ...

PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks gathered on Friday (April 21) at a Thai temple mired in controversy to join in a ceremony organisers called the world's largest ...

PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks gathered on Friday at a Thai temple mired in controversy to join in a ceremony organizers called the world's largest offering of ...

Catholics joined Buddhists in Sri Lanka to serve free food to thousands of pilgrims on June 16 as part of celebrations for Poson Poya Day, which annually marks the arrival of Buddhism in the third ...

Alms giving to monks is a part of sacred Buddhist ritual practised for centuries. The commoners offer basic gifts of rice, fresh fruits and traditional sweet snacks to monks who pass by with a bowl or ...

Thirty-thousand monks assembled in the early morning chill in Myanmar today for a spectacular alms-giving event, partly organised by a controversial mega-temple under scrutiny across the border in ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Above the din of children playing, tourists chatting and dogs barking, a muffled clang echoes through the alleyways. It's 70-year-old Pranee Sutdis who, as she has for most the ...

Buddhist monks collect alms in Si Phan Don, Laos. Monks socially distancing as they go about their daily alms rounds while dressed in face masks as well as robes have become a common sight during the ...