According to local media groups, the group of eight attempted to enter the Shwedagon Pagoda after leaving the dolls outside but were detained by the temple’s security guards.

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, Myanmar (AP) — Every evening, more than a dozen men and women walk in a tight row in front of Myanmar's most revered Buddhist pagoda, sweeping the vast marble terrace in unison in hopes ...

"Shwedagon Pagoda, the treasured pagoda in Myanmar, was seriously damaged. #Shwedagon #EarthquakeinMyanmar," reads a Thai-language Facebook post circulating in Thailand on March 28, 2025.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Burma. Its origins can be traced back to the first millennium, when a king was inspired by a legend involving eight strands of Buddha's hair.

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.

READING, Pa. - Saturday was Take Your Child to the Library Day at the Exeter Community Library and a special guest popped in! Patty Pagoda made an appearance ahead of her big day on Sunday. They ...

The grand pagoda at Gorai, modelled on the Shwedagon Pagoda at Yangon, Myanmar, and completed in 2008, is one of the largest stone monuments in Asia.