To these volunteers, this is not a chore but a noble act — one they carry out eagerly in an effort to gain merit, or spiritual credit. Situated on a hilltop in the old capital of Yangon, the 99 ...

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 ...

"Shwedagon Pagoda, the treasured pagoda in Myanmar, was seriously damaged. #Shwedagon #EarthquakeinMyanmar," reads a Thai-language Facebook post circulating in Thailand on March 28, 2025.

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Situated on a hilltop in the old capital of Yangon, the 99-meter (326-foot) high Shwedagon draws hundreds of visitors every day. With the opening up of the country following a half-century of ...

Gongs chimed at Shwedagon Pagoda as the diamond-studded monument marked what is being billed as the 2,600-year anniversary of the temple, which according to legend houses eight strands of Buddha's ...

In this Aug. 17, 2014 photo, a group of Buddhist devotees sweep on platform at Myanmar famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Every evening, more than a dozen men and women walk in a tight ...

According to local media groups, the group of eight attempted to enter the Shwedagon Pagoda after leaving the sex dolls outside but were detained by the temple's security guards.

Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar’s holiest Buddhist site. Under pressure from nationalist Buddhist monks, the government canceled plans for real estate projects that were to be built near the Shwedagon ...

Buddhist devotees light incense as they visit Shwedagon pagoda to mark the full moon of the Thadingyut festival in Yangon on October 9, 2022. Thousands of Buddhist devotees thronged Yangon's ...