A Nan Temple began receiving and installing three Buddhist figures from Vietnam Wednesday morning in Gainesville. Thich Duc Thong, a chief monk at the pagoda, said the purpose of the statues, which ...

TOKYO — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Vandals have damaged a sacred Buddhist statue twice outside a temple in Louisville's Beechmont neighborhood. Monk Ty at the Từ Ân Buddhist Temple said the "Compassion Buddha" ...

The downturn in the economy has stalled the completion of a large statue at the Tam Bao Buddhist Temple in east Tulsa. The 57-foot-tall, 400,000-pound statue is clearly visible for miles along 21st ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - It took 40 days for the Buddhist statues to sail from Vietnam to Jacksonville. It took five trucks to drive the Shakyamuni Buddha statue to Gainesville, its two fellow statues ...

A new member is joining A Nan Buddhist Temple, but may not get there in time for the welcoming party. At 32-feet-tall, the Birth Buddha statue will join three other similar-sized statues in the ...

FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) -- Police are searching for a man wanted for vandalizing several statues at a Buddhist temple in Queens. Authorities say the suspect entered the Chinese Buddhist Temple on 39th ...

(RNS) — A few weeks after Thai Viet Phan was elected the first Vietnamese American City Council member in Santa Ana, a town south of Los Angeles, she discovered that the Huong Tich Temple, in the city ...

The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen at the end of an avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, June 9, 2021. Reuters BANGKOK, June 21 – A Thai temple building a 230-foot Buddha ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ...