Saint Mary’s Cathedral is the biggest and the most impressive Catholic cathedral located Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cathedral’s exterior, of red brick, consists of spires and a bell tower. It was designed by Dutch architect Jos Cuypers, son of Pierre Cuypers. Construction started in 1895 and was accomplished 19 November 1899 while Lower Burma was [...]
Shwe Set Taw pagoda is one of the most respected pagodas, situated in Legaing town, Pwintphyu township, Minbu district, and its Festival is one of the most unique pagoda festivals in Myanmar. The Shwe Set Taw Pagoda Festival begins on February (5th waxing day of the Myanmar month of Tabodwe), lasts for nearly 3 months, and [...]
Thousands of people have gathered to Yangon’s famous Shwedagon Pagoda to witness the return of an annual festival, 2600th anniversary celebration. Gongs chimed as the diamond-studded monument on Wednesday marked what is being billed as the 2,600-year anniversary of the Buddha’s enlightenment and the temple itself, which according to legend houses eight strands of Buddha’s [...]
Mingun Great Pagoda or World Biggest Brick Pile - In fact, any mention of Mingun would be incomplete without mentioning the two other great deeds. King Bodawpaya’s four Great noble deeds also known as the Great Four: the Great Pagoda, the Great Bell, the Great Lake and the Great Lion. All these Great Fours are located [...]
Shwethalyaung Buddha is world biggest reclining Buddha. The Shwethalyaung Buddha is a reclining Buddha in the west side of Bago (Pegu), Burma (Myanmar). The Buddha, which has a length of 55 m (180 ft) and a height of 16 m (52 ft), is the second largest Buddha in the world, after the 74 m reclining Buddha [...]
It is one of the greatest thing to see in Myanmar. Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the largest and heaviest book in the world, consists 730 marble slabs on which the Three Pitakat meaning “three baskets”, namely Vinaya Pitaka- the rules and regulations for monks and nuns, Sutta Pitaka – the teachings of the Buddha between the [...]
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda or Golden Rock Pagoda is located in Mon State. It is about 20kms from the town Kyaikhto. It is a 7.3 meters pagoda on top of a big “Golden Rock”. The massive golden boulder is right on top of the Kyaikhto mountain. Legend say that the boulder maintains its precarius balance due to [...]
Shwedagon Pagoda is a repository of the best in Myanmar heritage – architecture, sculpture and arts. According to historical record, the Shwedagon Pagoda is over 2500 years old since BC 588. Shwedagon is the oldest Pagoda and the most ancient historical Pagoda in Burma and in the world. Originally only 27 ft (8 m) high, it [...]
Thadingyut Festival or Myanmar Lighting Festival is one of the greatest festival in Myanmar. Actually Thadingyut Festival or Myanmar Lighting Festival is religious root festival rather than cultural festival. But later it becomes more like cultural festival. Thadingyut’ (October) is the end of the Buddhist Lent or the rains retreat. It is the festival of lights [...]
This is a Myanmar Buddhist temple, Yellow-Golden-Red, in the city of Myawadi. Myawadi is a bordertown just a bridgecrossing from the Thai city of Mae Sot.
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