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

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 ...

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As he smooths a gold plaque on the glistening flank of Myanmar's most prestigious Buddhist pagoda, a merchant pays his ancestors the highest honour – and contributes to a bumper year of ...

Monk Pyinnya Linkara, who filmed the footage, said the pagoda was destroyed on Thursday last week. “This pagoda was built in 2009, when it was far away from the river,” he told AFP by phone today.

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 ...

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/ AP Myanmar’s women in ancient dresses take part in the 2,600th anniversary celebrations of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.