Other sites of Buddhist monasteries include coastal Andhra, coastal Odisha, and the northern trade route connecting Mathura to ... Giant standing and seated images of Buddha were carved on trade ...

Menander later left Pataliputra and formed his frontier south of Mathura. The Milinda-panha ... for in Buddhist tradition he is remembered as ‘Milinda.’ A seated Gandhara Buddha from 300-500 AD that ...

In the center of the hall is the main image, a 2.7-meter seated statue of Amida Buddha. Sculpted in the Japanese style (wayō), this image, an important cultural property, dates from the late ...

The Uttar Pradesh government plans to develop a heritage corridor in Mathura, connecting it with Aligarh via a six-lane expressway. This project, inspired by similar efforts in Ayodhya and Kashi ...

Have you ever really looked at the face of the Buddha? I hadn’t. Not really. I have seen so many statues and paintings of the Buddha, at monasteries, lhakhangs, temples in Thimphu and all over Bhutan.

Atishi had earlier requested that she be allowed to retain the AB-17 Mathura Road bungalow. However, according to PWD officials, this bungalow is part of the Centre's pool of accommodation and it ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a major eco-restoration project to boost tourism in Mathura by transforming the dry and degraded hills surrounding Barsana -- the village revered as the ...

New Delhi, With the ₹402 crore Mathura-Vrindavan rail link project stalled due to local opposition, the Railways is considering alternative plans like handing over the land to the state ...

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura allegedly killed his wife following an argument in drunken condition and later buried her body in a field, police said on Saturday. The crime, which occurred in ...

If we tolerate in one case it will continue," the bench said. On the ongoing religious site dispute in Mathura, the CM said that the UP government is following court orders. “Why should we not ...