Laborers work while visitors stand below the sitting Maravijaya Buddha marble statue, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The Maravijaya Buddha statue is said to be the world’s highest ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) The world's largest marble Buddha, now under construction in Myanmar's military capital of Naypyidaw, will reportedly be able to withstand 193 kilometer-per-hour winds and ...

also known as Myanmar, the military-controlled government proudly unveiled a new massive sitting Buddha statue on Friday. The statue, scheduled to be consecrated on August 1, stands as a symbol of ...

The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on August 1. Journalists were given a ...

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 ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar has unveiled a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1. It’s a powerful ...