Teeth, bones and blessings: At Rosemead Buddhist temple, relics inspire belief

Every Lunar New Year for the last 14 years, a Buddhist temple in Rosemead has displayed what it calls the '10,000 Buddha ...

Teeth, finger bones and blessings: Buddhist relics inspire belief

Every Lunar New Year for the past 14 years, a Southern California Buddhist temple has displayed what it calls the “10,000 ...

Buddhists welcome Lunar New Year with relics from remains of enlightened beings

The Wei Mountain Temple displays its “10,000 Buddha Relics” every Lunar New Year. Monks bless devotees with shariras – ...

8 Tallest Statues Around The World To Add To Your Travel Wish-List

Planning your next adventure? These eight towering statues from around the world combine history, culture and stunning ...

Between samurai and robots: A journey in Japan that lives in the future and remembers the past

A photographed journey in the land of the rising sun reveals how japan preserves centuries-old tradition, while at the same ...

Cambodia welcomes back dozens of artefacts looted by UK trafficker

Some of the artefacts date back more than 1,000 years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Opinion

A Brit in India: Development, cleanliness, religious persecution and a rising superpower – this is what I experienced in 2026

I returned to India after six years, travelling between 24th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. It was a short ten-day trip, but one I used deliberately, not as a tourist insulated by hotels ...