Sri Lanka is becoming a tourism hotspot for Ayurvedic medicine. Autumn Phillips discusses her experience of yoga, meditation and retreats in her latest column.

Senior writer Jaime Diaz and senior photographer Dom Furore accompanied Tida for a week-long journey to her native Thailand ...

When my kids were young I took them to a variety of houses of worship. When I say “young”, I mean “early teens”, and when I say “took”, I mean “dragged”. We went to Hindu mandirs, to special ...

There was something about the Vietnam War’s iconic Napalm Girl photo that was always on my back. My feelings of guilt, ...

I got to know Kasun De Silva or rather was privileged to see amazing landscapes, archaeological sites and human-scapes a few ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...

Antalya, Fethiye and Bodrum are just a few of the towns and cities found on the sunny Turkish Riviera, sometimes referred to ...

Easter is a great time for a holiday. Not only is the weather finally warming up but you can maximise your annual leave for ...

Residents of downtown Tokyo descended on a Buddhist temple to mark the last day of winter in the Japanese lunar calendar by ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried soybeans thrown at them in the hope of warding off evil spirits and ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

From the glittering Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur to the pristine beaches of Langkawi and the lush rainforests of Borneo, ...