Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar's faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a ...

More than 200,000 pilgrims visited the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in December, local news outlets have reported on Friday.

To the best of his power, a Burmese seeks to model his life on that of the Buddha, in deed and aspiration. The very form of the pagoda helps him to keep ever in mind the ideals he desires to ...

As Burmese astrology had its origins in Hindu ... youth by saying that they wanted to live until the coming of the next Buddha so that they could listen to his preaching. The followers of the ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Myanmar yesterday, bringing down a bridge, damaging a Buddhist pagoda, and causing the collapse of numerous mines in the region. As many as 12 people are feared ...

When religious pilgrims trek to sacred sites, they reaffirm not only their faith but also their own culture and communities.

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

The festival, held between 13 and 15 April in Thailand, is also celebrated in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. Songkran is ... members and pouring water over Buddha statues. In this image, people ...