China-India border clash: Tawang remains central to China's grip on TibetTawang remains central to China's control over Tibet in the backdrop of the fact that the current Dalai Lama had fled to India via Tawang i...
13 Dec, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
Full and final settlement before GodIn Buddhism and Jainism, you could accrue good luck by feeding and taking care of monks. Monks refused to take any loans, and so strived to...
28 May, 2022, 12.22 AM IST
By stopping Kailash Mansarovar yatris, China expected BJP government to come under pressureChina’s arm-twisting comes amid India allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh in April, in one of his several visits to the fron...
29 Jun, 2017, 09.12 AM IST
A trek to Bhutan's legendary Tiger’s Nest monasteryTiger’s Nest is the most sacred of Bhutanese shrines and is dedicated to Padmasambhava, an eighth century Buddhist master, who brought the ...
02 Apr, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
Dalai Lama to visit Tawang: China likely to harden its stance on ArunachalWhy is China so sensitive about Tawang? Chinese Communist party has been of opinion that without controlling Tawang it cannot have legitima...
01 Apr, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
Phallus Coup: Legends & folklores of Bhutan's famous fertility templeThe road to the fertility temple Chimi Lhakhang in Bhutan is dotted with colourful myths about a maverick saint and whimsical murals and cu...
05 Feb, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Nepal Earthquake: 200 Buddhist monks, nuns killedAround 1000 monasteries have collapsed due to the April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Nepal.
22 May, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Dozen monasteries of Drukpa Buddhist lineage taken over by monks with strong financial backingThe takeover of the monasteries coincided with Chinese transgressions in the Chumar and Demchok areas that took place while Jinping was vis...
03 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
2011 Himachal Pradesh currency haul: ED gives clean chit to KarmapaEnforcement Directorate has given a clean chit and dropped charges of forex violations against Tibetan religious leader Ogyen Trinley Dorje...
23 Nov, 2014, 12.29 PM IST
- Sikkim quake: Landmark Rumtek monastery damaged
There are deep cracks in the two buildings that house classrooms of the Karma Shri Nalanda Institute that's part of this monastery.
22 Sep, 2011, 07.44 AM IST
- Sikkim's serene monasteries and stunning vistas
Sikkim promises all kinds of tourism from 'eco' to adventure to spiritual, but what can be a bigger draw than the chance to relax in the la...
05 May, 2011, 08.26 AM IST
- Karmapa hands over $150,000 to ED
Over a month after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at the monastery where the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is residi...
20 Mar, 2011, 09.55 AM IST
- Karmapa's office denies benami land deal
The office of Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorji has denied the deal for purchase of land by the Karmapa-backed Karmae Ga...
16 Feb, 2011, 07.23 PM IST
- Can't give clean chit to Karmapa as central probe on: HP CM
Yesterday, Sandhu had said the Karmapa has no links with the money seized from his transit home as the affairs of the trust are managed by ...
12 Feb, 2011, 12.19 PM IST
- Dispute over Karmapa title
Besides Ughen Thinley Dorje, two others have been enthroned as 17th Karmapa.
09 Feb, 2011, 07.03 AM IST
- Karmapa's replies unsatisfactory, to be questioned again: Police
The state police team which interrogated the 17th Karmapa, Ogyene Trinley Dorjee again at Gyuto monastery said that it was not satisfied wi...
30 Jan, 2011, 10.40 PM IST
- Karmapa may be Chinese agent
Indian intelligence suspects move part of beijing’s plan to create alternate power centre.
29 Jan, 2011, 07.14 AM IST