Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Takthok monastery, some 50 kilometres south-east of Leh, the capital of India's northern Ladakh region, belongs to the oldest ...

Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540. On this 90-minute journey ...

Hemis Monastery is revered as the largest monastic institution in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir in north India. The monastery has more than 200 branches with more than 1,000 monks in the ...

The International Institute’s Festival of Nations might be dominated by the images of people zigzagging down the central corridor, most of them in search of a good meal, with a side order of culture.

Greensburg Catholic Schoolhouse and St. Emma Monastery on Friday will host the first Lantern Saint Tour. The lantern-lit walking tour around the grounds of the monastery, located at 1001 Harvey St. in ...

A company best known for downtown Charleston walking tours has expanded its offerings outside Charleston County for the first time. Bulldog Tours has launched two tours this year in Berkeley County — ...

The old man flashes a mischievous, gap-toothed smile, his face furrowed by time like the mountain landscape around him, radiating contentment as he waves a prayer wheel in his hand. He has been ...