YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan welcomed over 380,000 visitors during the Thadingyut holidays from Oct 16 to Oct 20, Myo Min Aung, assistant director of the Bagan's Directorate of ...

YANGON (Xinhua): The Chinese Consulate General in Myanmar's Mandalay has donated lighting equipment for Shwezigon Pagoda (pic), a famous Buddhist stupa. A handover ceremony was held at the Shwezigon ...

Chan Wunna Soe is reciting by heart the history of the famous Shwezigon pagoda in Nyaung-U near the ancient city of Bagan to a captivated group of pilgrims. Despite the midday sun beating down on him, ...

Everyone visiting Myanmar eventually finds their way up north - to Bagan. As a matter of fact, Bagan summarises the very existence of Myanmar, its culture and history. In the present, it is also the ...

Not only in Sri Lanka, the worship of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha in Kandy is considered an unparalleled religious act among the Buddhists in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, ...