The Shwedagon Pagoda, situated on Singuttara Hill in the center of Yangon (Rangoon), is the most sacred Buddhist stupa in Myanmar and one of the most important religious reliquary monuments in the ...

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 ...

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar attracted over 10 million visitors including nearly 80,000 foreign visitors in 2023, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon ...

YANGON (Xinhua): The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 6.64 million visitors, from Jan 1 to Oct 31, 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrapped up his Myanmar trip with visits to the 'mazar' of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon pagoda, besides performing a ...

Buddhist devotees throne the Shwedagon Pagoda during the celebrations of its 2600th anniversary in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on March 1, 2012. ?AFP Photo Buddhist devotees throne the Shwedagon ...

YANGON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda attracted 445,000 foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, according to the pagoda's Board of Trustee on Saturday. Thailand ...

Legend says it was the Mon who laid the foundation stone of the Shwedagon Pagoda 2,500 years ago. It was under the Anawrahta’s second successor, Kyanzittha (1084-1113) who was a deeply religious ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda, a giant gold pagoda 99m (324ft) tall, is one of Myanmar's most famous Buddhist landmarks. It is currently at the centre of a campaign by monks to stop proposals for a luxury ...