Thai New Year (Songkran)

Photo: myasianplanet.com The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. The word "Songkran" comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, or literally "astrological passage") meaning transformation or change. It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart, the New Year of many calendars of…

April 12, 20180Comments

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Buddhism (Hinduism) Video

Two ancient statues that were stolen from Nepal 30 years ago have been returned to Kathmandu

Thousands heritage artefacts were stolen from Nepal, but a statue of Shiva and his wife that were taken to the US have been returned decades after their theft, Al Jazeera's reports from Kathmandu. The two statues — one of Buddha and the other of the Hindu god Shiva and his wife Parvati —…

April 7, 20180Comments

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