YANGON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 2.5 million visitors in the first four months of this year, U Boe Thin, ...

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The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a majestic landmark and continues to be a popular tourist destination in Yangon, Myanmar. (Eugene Phoen /Flickr) Want to see your images in ...

Over 40,000 foreign tourists visited Myanmar's famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon in April, the first month of the 2017-18 fiscal year, said the Pagoda's Board of Trustee on Sunday.

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 ...

It is capped off with the 43-foot tall umbrella crown covered in 500 kilos of gold plating. Over 80,000 jewels are said to be part of the pagoda, including nearly 5,500 diamonds.

People participate in a traditional Htamane (sticky rice) making competition at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 3, 2023.(Photo: Xinhua) With traditional folk music troupes and fans ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda, which rises in a stately conical tower above downtown Yangon, has been at the heart of Buddhism in Myanmar for hundreds of years, as well as providing a luminous arena for ...

YANGON - Shwedagon Pagoda is now a no drone zone. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are not welcome to fly over the famed pagoda or its grounds without prior permission, the pagoda trustee committee ...