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Centuries of history and culture reduced to rubble after Myanmar earthquake
Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
The Hidden City of Myanmar
Through most of Myanmar’s independence ... where he gazed upon a golden Buddha illuminated by a beam of sunlight. It was a perfect symbol, Leider thought, for man’s journey through darkness ...
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Ancient Pagodas, Monasteries in Myanmar Destroyed by Earthquake
The earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday, March 28, 2025, caused damage to historical and religious sites across the ...
El Mundo on MSN9d
The hundreds of lives trapped under the rubble in Mandalay, the Buddhist heart of Myanmar shattered by the earthquake
The earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's ...
Quake-damaged temple misidentified as sacred site in Myanmar's Yangon city
A deadly earthquake on March 28 collapsed buildings in central Myanmar but rumours that the country's most sacred Buddhist ...
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'Noble work' of Buddhist cremations after Myanmar quake
The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, ...
The Independent25d
AP Photos: "Shinbyu," a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar
It is followed by all Myanmar Buddhists and is said to date back more than 2 1/2 millennia, a religious gift given by Buddha to his own son, Rahula. On Saturday, the colors pink and gold seemed to ...