When Tsherin Sherpa was growing up, his grandmother told him tales about spirits that were attached to mountains and rivers.

Nearly 1,000 thangka paintings have been cataloged, appraised, and scanned in high definition in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, since the palace began ...

Tsherin Sherpa’s latest exhibition captures the spirit’s journey, bridging traditional Buddhist iconography with modern ...

The three-day event, that featured everyone from members of the Himalayan nation’s royal family and Nobel laureates to CEOs, ...

All Buddhist monasteries have its share of vibrant scroll paintings. Called Thangka, the meticulously painted scroll art has ...

The festival centers around the debut of a giant, new thangka (Buddhist painting whose images ... and the beautiful art and architecture that permeated the grounds. And if you want to take your ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A U.S.-born Buddhist lama, who grew up a typical American teen in a Minneapolis suburb, celebrated his 18th ...