On the banks of the Irrawaddy River, several hundred miles north of Yangon in Myanmar, lies Bagan — a once secret and all-but-abandoned city, dedicated to Buddha. Covering an area of 40 miles are ...
Propped up on bamboo scaffolding, two artisans are gently applying a dissolving solution to an arched ceiling inside Ananda, a signature temple of the ancient Burmese city of Bagan. They are removing ...
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, who is presently on a five-day state visit to Myanmar, today visited the temple of Goddess Durga at Pyin U Lwin city and performed puja. The temple of the Hindu goddess ...
YANGON (Reuters) - UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples was first nominated for ...
NBC News' Ian Williams reports from northern Myanmar, where the historic site at Bagan is struggling to obtain World Heritage status.July 11, 2015 © 2026 ...