India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education ...

Originally built in Tibet in the 9th century and later re-established in Sikkim during the 1960s, Rumtek Monastery is one of ...

Guests in top hats and cutaways mingled with others in fur-flapped caps and knee-length yakskin boots last week outside the tiny Buddhist chapel in Sikkim’s dollhouse Himalayan capital of Gangtok.

Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...

The funeral for Buddhist leader Kyabje Soktse Rinpoche will be held in Sikkim. Followers are invited to honour his life and teachings.

Approximately 600 monasteries, dispersed throughout the northern Indian states of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, as ...