A saffron-robed Buddhist monk ended a gruelling barefoot walk across Sri Lanka on Tuesday with an impassioned appeal for world peace and kindness towards animals. Accompanied by a rescued stray dog, ...

Authorities have barred a Vietnamese Buddhist monk from continuing a barefoot pilgrimage through Sri Lanka so he’s departing instead for his final destination, India, a source told Radio Free Asia.

Vietnamese Buddhist monk Pannakara (right) arriving with his pet dog Aloka, a stray rescued from India, along with other monks for a ceremony at Independence Square in Colombo on April 28, 2026 during ...

Accompanied by a rescued stray dog, Texas-based Vietnamese monk Pannakara walked 210km to reach the capital Colombo, where he was received by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Hundreds of ...

COLOMBO: A saffron-robed Buddhist monk ended a gruelling barefoot walk across Sri Lanka on Tuesday with an impassioned appeal for world peace and kindness towards animals. Accompanied by a rescued ...