Tag: Buddhist
Bollywood Actor Gagan Malik Ordained in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Feb 10 (TNA) – Bollywood actor Gagan Malik who played Prince Siddhartha entered monkhood at Wat That Thong with his monk name “Asoko” meaning [Read More…]
Famous monk Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto to swap robe for politics
Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto, a well-known monk preacher, says he will leave the monkhood on Dec 29 while declaring he has an interest in becoming [Read More…]
Mae Chee Sansanee dies aged 68
Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta, a popular Buddhist nun and founder of the Sathira-Dhammasthan learning centre, died on Tuesday from cancer. She was 68. Her death [Read More…]
Many drown during Buddhist festival in Myanmar
This Sunday, November 21, at least 15 people drowned while trying to cross a narrow flooded street to reach a temple during a Buddhist festival [Read More…]
Buddhists nationwide make alms at end of Rains Retreat
BANGKOK (NNT) – Today marks the end of Buddhist Lent, and people of the Buddhist faith were giving alms and visiting temples in observance of [Read More…]
Temple Isolation established to handle increase in COVID infected Buddhist monks
BANGKOK (NNT) – Priest Hospital under the Department of Medical Services in collaboration with Wat Suthi Wararam Temple, has established a temple isolation facility at [Read More…]
Buddhists threatened, phone towers torched in Narathiwat
NARATHIWAT: A cloth banner was found hung from a bridge in Si Sakhon district of this Muslim-dominated southern border province, telling Buddhist Thais to stop [Read More…]
Buddhists in Northeastern Thailand Reject Mosque Registration
A community in northeastern Thailand has voted down a Muslim cleric’s request to register a house of worship a mosque. The place of worship has [Read More…]
