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 ...

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 ...

On the second day of his three-day visit to Myanmar, the first visit by an Indian Head of State, Kalam went around the Pagoda, located atop a 58-metre-high hill. One of the wonders of the world, it is ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — 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 ...

YANGON — Thousands of Buddhist devotees thronged Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda to mark the full moon of the Thadingyut festival on Sunday, some offering prayers for a country plunged into turmoil by last ...

Reporting from Bagan, Myanmar — — As I sat on a high ledge of the 734-year-old Mingalarzedi Temple, looking out over the hundreds of ancient temples around Bagan, I wondered how long it would ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

Land of the Golden Pagoda: Myanmar, earlier known as Burma, is called the Land of the Golden Pagoda because the country is filled with thousands of glittering pagodas and temples covered in gold.

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 ...