The Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara accepts a gift from Tam Hick from Irmo on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Hundreds gathered to see the Walk for Peace in as they made a stop in Saluda. Tracy Glantz ...

Buddhist monks are traversing 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., to promote international peace. The group departed Snellville Thursday afternoon after hosting a New Year’s Day offering ...

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their walking trek across much of the U.S. to promote peace, even after two of its members were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle. The group ...

More than a dozen Buddhist monks drew their largest crowd yet during a peace walk stop in Trilith. The monks are walking from Fort Worth to Washington, promoting peace, healing, mindfulness and ...

More than a month after he was struck in a crash near Houston, Phra Ajarnh Maha Dam Phommasan returned to his home state of Georgia this week and reunited with a group of fellow Buddhist monks ...

A group of Buddhist monks walking more than 2,000 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C. passed through Georgia this weekend as part of a months-long Walk for Peace, drawing hundreds of supporters along ...

Hundreds of people gathered along DeKalb County streets Tuesday as a group of Buddhist monks continued their 2,300-mile walk to Washington, D.C., drawing the largest crowd the group says it has seen ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — A group of Buddhist monks on a months-long pilgrimage for peace made their way through metro Atlanta on Monday, drawing crowds as they continued their journey across Georgia. The ...

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WASHINGTON — A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their walking trek across much of the U.S. to promote peace, even after two of its members were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Buddhist monks have been walking hundreds of miles for peace, and Monday, they will be making it into Clayton County on their way east. The walk started in Fort Worth, Texas, and ...

In the shadow of a priest's refusal, a Buddhist prince kneeled before a Sufi, unlocking Kashmir's gates to Islam and igniting a saga of queens, sieges, and shattered thrones. Recent excavations at ...