BEIJING – Two men engulfed themselves in a burst of flames outside a Buddhist temple popular with tourists and pilgrims in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest ...

China said on Thursday that “human factors” did not cause the fire at the revered Jokhang Temple in Lhasa last week, sparking fears of large-scale damage to the site considered one of the most sacred ...

Monks play horns during the annual religious ritual of unfolding a huge Buddha portrait in the Gandan Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 22, 2013. Founded in ...

Damage caused by the fire at Jokhang temple in Lhasa, one of the most holiest and ancient sites in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), could be more widespread than official reports acknowledge, activists ...

LHASA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The 11th Panchen Lama visited Jokhang Temple, the most renowned monastery in Lhasa, capital city of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region early Wednesday. The ...

Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po performs head-touching rituals for monks at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 28, 2024. Panchen Rinpoche on ...

A fire broke out on Saturday evening — just two days into the lunar new year — at the historic Jokhang Monastery in downtown Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, local media reported. The ...

Tibetan pilgrims make offerings to a statue of Buddha Sakyamuni at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, on Tuesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous ...