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Visitors sit by a monument as they watch monsoon clouds in Sarnath, ...

(AP) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:22:38 GMT

(AP) - Visitors sit by a monument as they watch monsoon clouds in Sarnath, on the outskirts of Varanasi, India in this June 27, 2007 file photo. Sarnath is believed to be the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon in the sixth century B.C. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:05:15 GMT

(AP) - Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, India, in this July 5, 2006, file photo. Destinations in Asia and river cruises in Europe are among the hottest new trends in travel as 2007 begins, while changes in passport regulations and a growing awareness of environmental issues may also affect where and how Americans vacation in the new year. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi/FILE)

Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, ...

(AP) — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:54:14 GMT

(AP) - Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, India, in this July 5, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi/FILE)

Buddhist monks pray inside the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:37 GMT

(AP) - Buddhist monks pray inside the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

A priest stands next to Budhha statues inside the Mahabodhi ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:27 GMT

(AP) - A priest stands next to Budhha statues inside the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

Tourists walk at the ruins of the Nalanda University at Nalanda, ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:23 GMT

(AP) - Tourists walk at the ruins of the Nalanda University at Nalanda, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

A Buddhist monk reads scripts at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:19 GMT

(AP) - A Buddhist monk reads scripts at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:16 GMT

(AP) - Tourists and devotees walk at the 80-foot Buddha statue at Bodhgaya, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)

Tourists walk at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India, July ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:51:13 GMT

(AP) - Tourists walk at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India, July 5, 2006. For years, those tourists were largely people who grew up Buddhist, often in Japan, Thailand or Sri Lanka. But increasingly, Buddhism's appeal has spread to the West, where the Buddha's teachings about nonviolence and spiritualism have been melded with beliefs ranging from Judaism to atheism. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi)