Buddha wants Sourav back in Indian team

"Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya is gunning for the return of Sourav Ganguly to the Indian cricket team. He and Somnath Chatterjee have written letters of support to a meeting in Kolkata on Tuesday that wants Jagmohan Dalmiya out of the Cricket Association of...

Messianic Hopes

"Whatever happened to Ram Bomjon, Nepal's Buddha boy? "

Nepal Boy Called Reincarnation of Buddha (AP)

AP - A teenage boy has been meditating in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him, with some believing he is the reincarnation of Buddha, police and media said Wednesday.

Artist to re-create destroyed Buddhas

LOS ANGELES: When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley's soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures. Now, artist Hiro Yamagata plans to commemorate the...

10 Story Buddha Planned for Richmond

VANCOUVER %u2013 Richmond city council has voted to send plans for a controversial 10-storey high Buddha statue to a public hearing.