The hills of Udaygiri and Ratnagiri in Odisha’s Jajpur district continue to reverberate with the chants of ‘Buddham Saranam Gacchami’ (I take refuge in the Buddha) as over 1,000 monks and followers ...
The biennial list is intended to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.