Buddha's hands are usually depicted in one of six attitudes, or 'Mudras'. Here is a guide to decoding these gestures, which are illustrated in the images above (clockwise from top left): ...

For example, there is a very famous posture of the Buddha, which is seated but with his hand in a gesture of preaching. Technically, this hand gesture is referred to as the gesture of turning the ...

Ladakh, renowned for its communal harmony, once again displays the beautiful gesture of brotherhood and mutual respect during ...

Indian mythologist and writer Devdutt Pattanaik has claimed that a Hanuman statue built in Texas is based on the Thai Buddha's gesture of "do not fight.” The statue has both its arms raised.

The members of Buddhist community expressed gratitude for PM Modi's gesture of sending relics of the Buddha and his two disciples, and are to be temporarily enshrined in Thailand from February to ...