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: Approximately 200,000 domestic and foreign pilgrims visited the sacred Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock Pagoda) in Kyaiktiyo during the Thadingyut and Tazaungdaing festival periods, according to ...

YANGON (Xinhua): The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 4.65 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. At 24 feet tall it may not be the biggest pagoda around, but it ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a majestic landmark and continues to be a popular tourist destination in Yangon, Myanmar. (Eugene Phoen /Flickr) Want to see your images in ...

YANGON (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 in Yangon ...

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 (AP) — Amid the towering golden spires of Myanmar's grandest Buddhist shrine there was talk of politics and hope for the future as thousands came Wednesday for the return of an annual ...

Acharya S N Goenka, disciple of Syagyi U Ba Khin, a great Vipassana teacher from Myanmar (Burma) had a dream. He wanted to build a replica of Rangoon's (Yangon) Shwedagon or Golden Pagoda to ...

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