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India's divine designs meld with AI at Durga Puja festival
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» KOLKATA - Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate pavilions.
Corrupt monks have lost their way
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/07/2025
» Just as Thailand was about to celebrate Asalha Bucha Day and the start of Buddhist Lent, the nation was gripped by the biggest sex scandal ever to rock its clergy. How irony.
Asalha Puja Day: What is this mid-July Buddhist holiday?
Komsan Jandamit, Published on 08/07/2025
» "Asalha Puja Day" falls on the 15th day of the waxing moon in the 8th lunar month and represents one of Buddhism's most significant religious observances. It commemorates the day when the Triple Gem - Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha - was complete for the first time in Buddhist history.
Bangladesh arrests hundreds for violence against Hindus
Reuters, Published on 19/10/2021
» NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday that 450 people had been arrested in the Muslim-majority nation after attacks against Hindus in some of the worst such unrest for over a decade.
Indian festival crowds return as Covid horrors fade
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» KOLKATA: India's main religious festival season is back in full swing with huge noisy crowds thronging markets and fairs for the first time in two years, barely six months after a devastating Covid-19 surge.
Finding peace in northern Thailand
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/02/2021
» Next Friday will mark the Makha Bucha, also known as Magha Puja Day, another important day for Buddhists. It falls on the Full Moon day of the third lunar month in which 1,250 enlightened monks (or arahant) gathered to listen to Buddha teach his principles known as Ovadha Patimokha more than 2,500 years ago. The teaching roughly consists of three major concepts: do good, abstain from bad action and purify the mind.
Virus, what virus? India gets back to work
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» SINNAR, India: India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season.
Enjoy Lanna culture in Chiang Rai
Life, Published on 06/02/2020
» The diversity of Lanna art and culture will be presented through various forms of art during the "Art And Craft Market" at the Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park in Chiang Rai from tomorrow to Sunday from 4-9pm.
ONE, SAT ink deal to promote Muay Thai
Sports, Published on 07/01/2020
» ONE Championship announced on Monday its partnership with the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT).
Pacific Seeds' resizer site poised to boost exports
Business, William Hicks, Published on 11/09/2019
» Pacific Seeds Thai, a subsidiary of UPL Group Co, has inaugurated the site for its US$2-million corn sizer and treater processing plant, a project aimed at dramatically boosting exports to Latin America.