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 ...

Thousands of Buddhist temples filled this sacred skyline. Entering a golden age a thousand years ago, Myanmar’s Bagan empire was home to dazzling structures that attracted pilgrims for centuries.

(20 Oct 2023) The Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival has returned to Inle Lake in Myanmar after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic and violent political instability. (Oct. 20) Skip to main content.

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 in Yangon, the country ...

Thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered at Myanmar's Shwedagon pagoda on Wednesday to mark the Buddha's birthday and to water a sacred Bodhi tree believed to be linked to his enlightenment.

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 ...