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 ...

NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...

India recognizes Pali as a classical language, leading to MoUs between the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) and ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Burma. Its origins can be traced back to the first millennium, when a king was inspired by a legend involving eight strands of Buddha's hair.

LIVE: A member of a rescue team based in Myanmar's Mandalay city tells the BBC that the damage due to the earthquake is ...

Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist ...