YANGON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, attracted over 6.95 million visitors in 2025, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, ...

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 ...

Beautiful to see such a grand Buddhist Spectacle from Myanmar (formerly Burma). An event never highlighted in day to day mainstream YouTube before. Greetings from Sri Lanka another Theravada Buddhist ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...

Intha ethnic people celebrate during a traditional boats racing competition to mark the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar.

INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of waterborne spectators gathered Friday to watch boat races on Myanmar’s Inle Lake, the highlight of the annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival. The festival, held on ...

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 ...

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 enlightenment.

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