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 (AFP) – 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 ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda ( gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most ...

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Before there was Rangoon, there was the Shwedagon pagoda. The legend goes something like this. Twenty-five centuries ago, two merchant brothers named Tapussa and Bhallika met the Buddha, by chance, ...

YANGON — Every evening, more than a dozen men and women walk in a tight row in front of Myanmar's most-revered Buddhist pagoda, sweeping the vast marble terrace in unison in hopes of keeping it clean ...

MANILA, Philippines - It shines by the day, with the sun as its very own spotlight. It illuminates at night amidst a blanket of the moon and shining stars, complimented by flood lights. The star is ...

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 ...

The main, gold-plated spire of the Shwedagon pagoda in Myanmar rises 99 metres (325 feet) into the sky and is believed to house four relics of the Buddha Devotees visit Shwedagon pagoda as Buddhists ...