Buddha’s bones to go on public display
The bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna from Friday, the anniversary of his birth 2,600 years ago, officials said. Visitors to the Patna Museum will pay Rs. 100 rupees for the privilege of being able to view the priceless Buddhist relic in a specially designed room
Tibetan Mystique
China’s rapid development has changed the lives of its many minority tribes forever. Many, living in tourist showcase villages, no longer really know where home is. Singing at the Yunnan Nationalities Village, a Kunming cultural exhibition centre
Concerns for health of disabled female prisoner and monk
A female amputee in her forties called Anu and a Tibetan monk, Lobsang Namgyal, are serving prison sentences at Drapchi (Tibet Autonomous Region Prison Number One) for political offences.
Tibetans scale world’s fifth highest mountain
Four climbers from Chinese-administered Tibet Wednesday scaled the world’s fifth tallest peak, 8,463-metre (27,762-foot) Mount Makalu, the tourism ministry announced.
Gulshan’s Tibetan connection
Gulshan Grover’s latest venture has taken him towards the Tibetan cause. In the film, We Are Not Monks, Grover stars as an Indian police officer in charge of McLeodganj where the exiled Tibetan community lives.
Thangka : origin and style
There are numerous theories on the origin of the art of Thangka painting. One theory states that the art of Thangka painting originated from Indian Buddhist cloth paintings called Pata of which no sample exists. The art travelled to Tibet through Pakistan.