YANGON, Myanmar - The Shwedagon Pagoda, or Golden Pagoda, is the largest and most striking temple in a land dotted with thousands of Buddhist temples. An Englishman visiting the pagoda in 1586 called ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Gongs chimed as thousands of people in ceremonial costumes walked barefoot Wednesday through the marble walkways of Myanmar’s most sacred Buddhist shrine in an annual festival that ...

YANGON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Defying the threat of contracting coronavirus and a citywide lockdown, Myanmar taxi driver Ko Naing, 50, still travels each day to pray outside the sacred Shwedagon Pagoda ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. How many Buddhas does one temple need? If it's Thanboddhay Pagoda ...

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.5 million visitors in the first six months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board ...

AN earthquake of some intensity was felt in parts of Lower Burma in the early morning of July 5 last, when the moon was in total eclipse. The only damage reported was at a famous pagoda at Pegu, a ...

dawn_1o9 from Myanmar describes the scenes she witnessed at the Pagoda festival in Moe Kaung Pagoda. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...