Located on the Indonesian island of Java, 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Yogyakarta, the Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. The temple was built over a period of some 75 years in the 8th and
One of the most important places for Buddhists in Thailand can be found in Nakhon Pathom, one of the oldest cities in Thailand. Largest chedi in the world The Phra Pathom chedi, which means “Holy chedi of the beginning” is regarded the oldest Buddhist structure in Thailand. The very impre...
SOUTHEAST AREA —Standing on the redwood deck in the back of his home in the hills, John Healy can see the sunlight striking the ocher, pagoda-style roofs of the largest Buddhist temple complex in the Western Hemisphere. When plans to build the Hsi Lai Temple on 15 open acres in Hacienda...
The Gobi Desert is Asia's largest desert. But this Mongolian desert is not just the orange sands like you may be thinking. There is much more to the Gobi desert.
Wudangzhao Monasteryin Baotou is a vast complex and used to be the residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia and now it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist monastery there. Inner Mongolia is the hometown of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the great leader of Mongolians.Genghis Khan...
The Boston Public Library is a public library located in Boston, Massachusetts. The library was established in 1848 and serves a population of 6,547,629. It's a municipal library that is also the very first of it's kind in the United States to be supported by the public. This library ...
Democratization has not yet occurred in China due to political ideology, a vast population, and a lack of motivation, but scholars still think it can be done. Learn more about the rise of China as an economic power, China's largest ethnic groups, historical protests, and if democratization ...
There are unique coastal villages, hot springs, and Buddhist (that’s right, this is Russia’s center of Buddhism) temples. There is even a railway there that is part of the famed Trans-Siberian Express run! READ MORE:60 Weird Animals Around the World ...
Coming from a country that the official religion is Islam, I find it hard to digest the fact that Malaysian of other faith such as Buddhist, Christian, Hindus and others are not allowed (unofficially) to built any religious structure or building that exceed the height of any mosque in their...
Wudangzhao Monasteryin Baotou is a vast complex and used to be the residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia and now it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist monastery there. Inner Mongolia is the hometown of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the great leader of Mongolians.Genghis Khan...