Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri ...

India, often revered as the land of spiritual awakening, has been a cradle of Buddhism for centuries, preserving its rich ...

Jointly held by the China Cultural Center in Laos and Network of International Culturalink Entities, an exhibition brings the audience in Vientiane more than 30 thangka paintings. [Photo provided ...

The walls are lined with vibrant, striking tapestries. Shades of gold, orange and red stand out from the swaths of green and red. Depictions of Buddha and other deities seem to pop out from the cotton ...

The Great Prayer Festival has a long history dating back to 1409. The celebration is held during the first 10 days of the Tibetan New Year. Thousands of monks will gather at the Jokhang Temple in ...

Art has long been considered a luxury — something to be admired from a distance in galleries, owned by collectors, and reserved for those who can afford it. But what if art could be accessible ...

Seth Sherwood, who lives in Paris and writes frequently for the Travel section, has been visiting Kathmandu since 1999. Ten years after a powerful earthquake devastated the Himalayan nation of ...