YANGON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 8.65 million visitors in 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of ...

Marauding regime troops burned a village of 37 houses to the ground in a bid to ensure safety for the annual Mann Shwesettaw ...

The result is that many Buddhist temples in Myanmar now have their own nat-sin, spirit house, attached to the main pagoda. Though people still worship spirits outside the official pantheon ...

Tradition records that some of his followers once asked the Lord Buddha what they might do to express their devotion to him. In reply, the Teacher spread out his square cloak upon the ground ...

YANGON (Eleven Media Group/ANN): More than 200,000 pilgrims visited the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in December, local news outlets have reported on Friday. The Buddha Pujaniya festival of the Kyaiktiyo ...

Her clients reportedly included former Burmese leader Than Shwe and former ... after she came down with a fever while praying at a pagoda as a small child, reported AFP. In later years she set ...

NARA—The famed five-story pagoda at Kofukuji temple here will soon be hidden from public view for years as the city’s landmark undergoes a major renovation. Construction to erect steel ...