Wildfires in South Korea Take 26 Lives, Destroy Buddhist Temple and Heritage Sites
Justin Whitaker
27 March 2025
A seventh-century Buddhist temple was among the historic buildings lost in the fires
Environmentalists Call for Restoration of Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex in India
Dipen Barua
2 August 2024
Environmentalists in India are calling for the restoration of Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex, a third-century BCE hilltop site in Andhra Pradesh.
UNESCO Urges Immediate Improvements to Lumbini Heritage Site
Justin Whitaker
30 July 2024
The site in rural Nepal is listed among the four most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists alongside Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, and Kushinagar
Lumbini Development Trust Partners with Singapore-based Organizations to Safeguard Ramagrama Stupa in Nepal
Raymond Lam
18 October 2023
The Nepali government and two Singaporean groups will be working together to preserve one of Nepal’s most important and earliest stupas
Devoted to Dunhuang: Speaking with Song Shuxia of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Raymond Lam
8 May 2023
Dunhuang Research Academy senior figure Song Shuxia discusses the Academy’s visitor management of the Mogao Caves and digitization efforts
India to Host “Shared Buddhist Heritage” International Conference This Week
Justin Whitaker
14 March 2023
Leaders in India hope the focus on Buddhism will boost political connections and tourism for Buddhist heritage sites in the country
Two Pavilions at UNESCO-listed Buddhist Mountain Monastery in Korea to be Designated National Treasures
Craig C Lewis
31 August 2022
Two ancient pavilions at the seventh century Korean Buddhist mountain temple Buseok-sa (부석사) will be officially designated as National Treasures, South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration
From Bamiyan Buddhas to Museums, Taliban Seeks Legitimacy of Stewardship over Afghanistan’s Buddhist Heritage
Raymond Lam
17 December 2021
Buddhist world watches warily as the once-destructive regime retakes power and attempts to govern
Future of Ancient Buddhist City of Mes Aynak, Afghanistan in Doubt Again after Taliban Takeover
Justin Whitaker
7 September 2021
Site could prove to be one of the most important in Buddhist history
First Online Exhibition of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Shared Buddhist Heritage Opens
Dipen Barua
11 December 2020
An incredible collection of Buddhist art is made…
CyArk and Google’s Digital Database Enables VR Exploration of At-risk Heritage Sites
Anne Wisman
25 April 2018
Database part of an initiative to digitally…
Buddhistdoor View: The Case for Rebuilding the Bamiyan Buddhas to Their Original Glory
Buddhistdoor Global
27 January 2017
After a long and difficult journey across the precipices and through the blizzards of the Tian Shan mountain ranges, Xuanzang (fl. c. 602–64) finally reached