Accompanied by Intizar Hussain, Asif Farrukkhi reads out a tale from his Urdu translation of the Jatakas at T2F on Tuesday evening.–Photo by White Star KARACHI: Eminent writer Intizar Hussain and ...

Sharing the details of the exhibition in a post on X, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said that the exhibition took place on the auspicious occasion of Duruthu Poya Day and students of the ...

Buddhist legends: Beginnings -- Sumedha meets Dipankara Buddha -- The birth of the Buddha -- Leaving home -- Enlightenment -- Angulimala the robber -- Nalagiri the elephant -- Kisa Gotami -- ...

The Ramayana story reveals the Vedic world that thrived in the Gangetic plains between 1,000 CE and 500 CE, though the story itself came to be written between 200 BCE and 200 CE. Buddhist Jataka tales ...

Buddhist paintings are a significant feature in Sri Lankan heritage. Ever since Buddhist art and architecture began to flourish after the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC, the artists ...

Written texts in Thai Buddhist manuscripts may not always pay much attention to female figures, but the illustrations often depict male and female beings, and sometimes the relationships between them, ...

The High Commission of India in Colombo distributed 500 copies of the Sinhala translations of 5 Amar Chitra Katha Jataka Tales comic books at an event to coincide with Medin Poya. The books were ...