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One Of Japan's Most Famous Spots Is An Imposing Temple In Nara With Indescribable Beauty
One of Nara's most famous spots is the imposing Todaiji Temple, a national treasure that houses an enormous Daibutsu, a nearly 50-foot-tall Great Buddha statue. This UNESCO World Heritage site is ...
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at th ...
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...
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Brick and mortar Buddha: Why a giant statue became an interfaith hub and spiritual home for many
Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...
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Nara National Museum to show best of Japan’s Buddhist art
NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled ... demons from Kofukuji temple (exhibited until May 18); a seated statue of Buddha Dainichi Nyorai, which is believed to be one of the early works ...
Visitors pray for healthy eyes at mountain temple in Japan
Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...