The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

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 ...

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 enormous."The number of deaths is also quite high. That's all we can say right ...