Glide above the ancient plains of Old Bagan, Myanmar, where thousands of centuries-old temples and pagodas rise from the mist. This breathtaking aerial footage showcases the magical beauty of golden ...

Here’s your under-the-radar bucket list. A golden dreamscape dotted with over 2,000 temples—Bagan is Southeast Asia’s best-kept secret. Soar above it at sunrise in a balloon and feel history ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...

The historic temples of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were also badly damaged by the earthquake, partially collapsing. As more injured victims continue to arrive, hospitals and emergency ...

Electricity, water and internet connections remained cut. Concerns regarding the 11th-13th century UNESCO listed temples in Bagan and potential damage to the 770km oil and gas pipeline that stretches ...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her greetings to mark Poila Baisakh, the beginning of Bengali new year 1432, with traditional reverence and gaiety as the people mostly ...

Earthquakes are not new to Myanmar. In 2016, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the ancient capital, Bagan, damaging the walls of Buddhist temples.

the ancient Burmese capital on a plain alongside the Irrawaddy River that contains the world’s greatest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas and stupas. But while Bagan draws more than a ...

But he visited Buddhist temples often and lavished money on them ... Than Shwe was a frequent visitor to Bagan, the ancient capital sprawled across an arid plain on the east bank of the Irrawaddy ...