At a time when some schools are now introducing gender-neutral school uniforms in consideration of gender and sexual minorities, the company aims to have Buddhist schools use the beads as souvenirs.

A superstitious local held a funeral for a snake that died eating its own tail beside a Buddha statue. Khanathip Natip, 60, was about to pray at the altar in his home when he saw the tiny reptile ...

A Japanese company has programmed a popular robot, Pepper, to perform Buddhist funeral rites. But will society ever accept artificial intelligence as religious authorities and ritual specialists?

The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on 30 January 1965 was broadcast live on the BBC and seen around the world. It was the first state funeral of a politician in the century and the biggest ...

The kind of changes you have seen in Tamil Nadu, in most parts of Northeast. Arunachal Pradesh used to be a Buddhist majority till 2001, in 2011 it's a Christian majority. If you look at what is ...

A family has had to wait weeks before planning the funerals of two relatives because of delays in death certificates being issued. Paul Crook, from Langstone, Newport, said he had also had to make ...