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Organised by the Thai Monastery, the five-day celebrations from February 20 to 24 ended with a ceremonial Shobha Yatra from the Mahaparinirvana Temple to the Ramabhar Stupa.

Four Buddhist monks from the Gyudmed Tantric Monastery in Karnataka are creating an intricate, 4/4 metre sand mandala, before the life-size statue of Maitreya or the Buddha of the future, inside the f ...

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Losar, the Tibetan New Year observed in parts of India, is less widely known outside Himalayan communities. Here’s what the festival involves.