The name of the modern state of Myanmar, and its previous ... of surviving monuments include temples, monasteries, and stupas (structures, which house Buddhist relics, that are shaped like mounds ...

Yangon is the cultural and economic center of the country, with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most important Buddhist site in ...

A photographer captured this damaged pagoda on April 2, 2025 in the ancient city of Ava, Myanmar. Pagodas serve as Buddhist temples and sacred buildings throughout Myanmar. Photograph by Myo Kyaw ...

The domes and spires of Myanmar's temple city of Bagan mark an island ... Hundreds of centuries-old Buddhist pagodas rise from the dusty earth around Bagan, once the capital of a regional empire.

(Soe Moe Ang/AFP/Getty Images) An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging many centuries-old buildings near the ...

Buddhist clergy are extremely influential in Myanmar, an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation in which the religion is deeply entwined with tradition and culture. The killing of Bhaddanta ...

The birthday of the Buddha is a holy occasion for all his followers, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country to which one belongs.