YANGON, Myanmar—A powerful earthquake shook Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging more than 100 ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major ...

On the banks of the Irrawaddy River, more than 3,000 temples stretch across a 30-square-mile plain in Bagan, Myanmar (formerly ... or "Sunset Pagoda," to enjoy panoramic views of the sprawling ...

This pagoda contains a relic believed to be one of the Buddha’s teeth. It was obtained by Anawrahta in Sri Lanka. Bagan could not be “discovered,” as it had been treasured by the Burmese for ...

Kanika Datta visits the crumbling but appealing temple complex of Bagan -- a place where even an atheist can come close to a divine experience. IMAGE: At its height, over 13,000 stupas and pagodas ...

Earthquake hits central Myanmar In pictures: Myanmar quake ... Like much of Bagan, it has no historical value. Sulamani Pagoda may have been built in the 12th century but the new reinforced ...

“This has only happened during the last fortnight,” sighs Joseph, who schooled our group on pagoda etiquette ... hot air balloon shot above Bagan (Getty Images) It’s not the first time ...

Shwezigon Pagoda was built to enshrine one of the ... I talk to talented artists peddling images of Bagan and the Buddha painted on paper covered with layers of sand. Burmese puppets hang from ...

1 A woman walks past a damaged pagoda after an earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar, Aug. 25, 2016. 2 A woman farms in a field in front of the Sulamani Guphaya temple, which was damaged after a strong ...

A powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar last month caused serious damage to some of the thousands of ancient temples on the Bagan plain. For souvenir seller Aung Kyaw San, that means there are ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan welcomed over 380,000 visitors during the Thadingyut holidays from Oct 16 to Oct 20, Myo Min Aung, assistant director of the Bagan's ...

YANGON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony to launch the renovation project of Thatbyinnyu Pagoda aided by China has been held in Myanmar's Bagan, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy in ...

More than 400 of Bagan's buildings were damaged in the earthquake and on the flanks of one of them, Sulamani Pagoda, we watch as a man attacks a lump of rock with a hammer. Until very recently ...