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Temple monkeys delight visitors in Vietnam

00:47 These monkeys have been living at a Buddhist temple in Vietnam for 25 years.Monks and visitors have been making sure the temple monkeys always have enough to eat, but do you think

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Fire at Al-Aqsa Mosque as Israeli-Palestinian tensions intensify

01:11 A fire was seen at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Monday as tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinian protestors intensify. The blaze was said to be a tree that caught f

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Live: Celebrate Chinese New Year in Cantonese style

As China's third-largest city, Guangzhou boasts some of the world's tallest buildings, Pearl River scenery and luxury shopping malls. The city, the heartland of south C

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Exploring temple fairs during Chinese New Year

03:24 People are celebrating the first day of the Lunar New Year, one of the most celebrated holidays in China. CGTN takes you on a visit to a temple fair, one of the t

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Kung fu shrine Shaolin Temple reopens to public

China's kung fu shrine Shaolin Temple reopened to the public on Monday, ending a months-long closure amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The 1,500-year-old temple, in central

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Lhasa reopens street around Jokhang Temple

Barkhor Street, a scenic spot in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region with Jokhang Temple at its center, reopened on Tuesday as the region has seen no new confirm

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Militants attack temple in Kabul, casualties feared

Casualties are feared after militants attacked a temple in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday.According to the official, the armed militants sneaked into the temp

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Asia Album: Namaste, Saraswati Puja Festival celebrated in Bangladesh

A woman decorates for Hindu Goddess Saraswati at a temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 30, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) DHAKA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- As the spring comes, Hindu community in Bangladesh on Thursday

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101 cremations: the rise of Bangkok's Buddhist pet funerals

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Shanghai's historic temple all set for its 30-meter move

ThemainpavilionofShanghai’sJadeBuddhaTemplewillbeshifted30metersnorthwardonSaturday.MahaviraHall,builtin1918,willbemovedalongwiththreehugeBuddhiststatuesandothe

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Unspoilt Cambodia: An introduction to the country's lesser-known sights

StormcloudsweregatheringoverAngkorWat.Thetemplelookedeerilymajestic,itsfivegreattowersspectacularlyoffsetbyaleadensky.Withpalmtreesswayingominouslyarounditsbase

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China's Chengdu: Temple lost for over 1,000 years found

Archaeologists have spent months excavating a lost temple that disappeared for nearly a millennium in downtown Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

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China's Chengdu: Temple lost for over 1,000 years found

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Thai police hope medical equipment found inside Buddhist temple may help them track down fugitive abbot

The search for the elusive former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya has shifted to the medical equipment found on the premises of the locked-down temple to find clues to the state of his health.

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Thai police raid Dhammakaya temple in hunt for wanted monk

Thai police have begun searching a Buddhist temple complex in a bid to arrest an influential monk wanted over alleged money laundering.

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Thai forces besiege temple in standoff over monk

Thai forces surrounded the country's biggest Buddhist temple on Thursday (Feb 16) and the junta leader declared he was imposing control after it failed to hand over an influential monk wanted for money laundering.

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Buddhist priests get ready to ring in the changes for 2017 in Kyoto

It might not quite be time to ring in the New Year, but when the bell is this large with some heavy lifting required, a dress rehearsal can be a good idea.