At one time, Oigo Works had 60 to 70 percent of the market share for temple bells. The ringing of the “joya ... are supposedly removed when the bell is struck 108 times. Since the mid-Edo ...

KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a test run of its famed hanging bell on Dec. 27 to prepare for the traditional bell-ringing ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In the test ...

In the video shared online, Asha Parekh is seen smiling and ringing a bell, joining the age-old tradition of expressing one’s wishes at the temple. Dressed simply in ethnic attire with ...