On Tuesday, Indian lawmakers made significant administrative changes to the contested region of Kashmir, India.
The Power of Pilgrimage
In our Weekend Reader newsletter, Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller shares her transformative experience on pilgrimage in India.
Only Nirvana Is More Beautiful
Andrea Miller visits the ancient artistic wonder in India known as the Ajanta Caves.
The Dharma Was Built on These Bricks
Andrea Miller visits the ruins of Nalanda, the great university where much of what we know today as Buddhism was developed.
What Is Bodhgaya?
Bodhgaya, a small town in the northern Indian state of Bihar, is where Siddhartha sat under a tree 2,600 years ago and reached enlightenment.
The Buddha Was Here
On a pilgrimage to India, Andrea Miller connects with the flesh-and-blood Buddha, who lived, reached enlightenment, and taught in these very places.
Heat maps illustrate the sacred routes of Buddhist pilgrims
In Strava’s heat maps, the devotional movements of tired pilgrims become blazing symbols of sacred geography.
Suspects arrested in connection to Bodhgaya bomb plot
The Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodhgaya. Photo by Bo Jayatilaka.Two active members of a banned terror group were arrested by the Kolkata Police’s special task force in connection to a recent bomb plot.
Low-intensity bomb explodes after Dalai Lama teaching in Bodhgaya
The Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodhgaya. Photo by Bo Jayatilaka.The Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodhgaya. Photo by Bo Jayatilaka. On January 19, a low-intensity bomb exploded near Bodhgaya, a revered Buddhist site in India, hours after the Dalai Lama had finished teaching and retired for the day. A small explosion alerted security, which they initially believed was a firecracker. They found a burst thermos flask […]
Who Was B. R. Ambedkar?
A profile of B. R. Ambedkar, a vital figure in Indian history and an activist for the Dalit (“untouchables”) class.