When a massive earthquake hit Myanmar last month, centuries of sacred history tumbled down -- towering Buddha idols, ...

In early Indian Buddhism, the stupa, a hemispheric ... such as the 155-meter (509-foot) pagoda at Yongning Temple in Luoyang in the fifth century and the 80-meter, nine-story pagoda at Hwangnyong ...

The top resembled the original image of the stupa from India. The body, or main part, of the pagoda, often used to enshrine a statue of Buddha, held to various styles of traditional Chinese ...

The pagoda is situated southeast of the former White Horse Temple ten kilometers east of Luoyang City. Its predecessor was the Sakya Tathagata sarira stupa in the temple, the first Buddhist temple ...

The pagoda was built on Singuttara Hill and stands ... with many visitors walking clockwise around the stupa as part of religious practice. The main structure sits on a brick plinth, completely ...

NARA--The first story of the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site here, is now open for public viewing until Oct. 16. It will be the last chance to see the central ...