Wat’s the story?

By Kooi F Lim and Jaffee Yee, Buddhistravel.com, April 8, 2019

Weaving stories of Thai Buddhist Temples (Wats) into culture, the arts, festivals, Buddhist teachings and local community
 
Chiang Rai, Thailand
-- It is often heard in whispers around temples in Thailand (called Wats) during group tours that "once you have seen one, you have seen them all".

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Ladakh, where Buddhist spirituality, culture reign supreme

By Vishal Gulati , IANS, September 29, 2016

It's a cold desert in northern India, dotted by tiny hamlets spread over the Himalayan peaks adjoining Tibet, where one can simultaneously have a close brush with sunburn and frostbite in summer.
Leh, Ladakh (India)
-- Ladakh, once the hub of the ancient Silk Route -- is aptly described as a place where Buddhist spirituality and its ancient culture reign supreme amidst virgin nature.

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Tourism transforms long-hidden Buddhist valley in Himalayas

By Thomas Cytrynowicz, AP, September 14, 2016

DEMUL VILLAGE, India -- For centuries, the sleepy valley nestled in the Indian Himalayas remained a hidden Buddhist enclave forbidden to outsiders.

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Negoro-ji and Buddhism in Stunning Wakayama

by Tomoko Hara and Sarah Deschamps, Modern Tokyo Times

Tokyo, Japan -- Japan is blessed with amazing nature and the cultural reality of this unique nation means that you have so many stunning places to visit. Wakayama prefecture is located in the Kansai region and throughout this part of Japan you have many amazing landscapes.
Also, Wakayama is near to Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, and Nara. Therefore, it is a great base to visit many places that are extremely rich in history and culture.

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Nagpur’s iconic Buddhist sites that enthral tourists from all over the world

by Rishabh Deb, Times of India, Jun 11, 2016

Nagpur, India -- In an effort to put Nagpur on the tourism map, guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has proposed a plan called 'Buddhist Tourism Circuit', which aims to give fillip to tourism in city. The project includes beautification of popular Buddhist sites and their improved ambience. In the light of this announcement by the minister, we explore city's top five Buddhist destinations and discover what draws tourists to these iconic places...

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