YANGON: The Hsandawshin Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Myanmar, welcomed 284,079 local and 10,214 foreign visitors in 2023, according to the pagoda’s treasury board ...
YANGON: Approximately 200,000 domestic and foreign pilgrims visited the sacred Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock Pagoda) in Kyaiktiyo during the Thadingyut and Tazaungdaing festival periods, according to ...
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. At 24 feet tall it may not be the biggest pagoda around, but it ...
Despite the fact that armed conflict between Myanmar's government and the New Mon State Party ended 18 years ago and that Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also know as the Golden Rock, has long been a popular place ...
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as the Golden Rock, is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Myanmar. It sits on top of the Kyaiktiyo hill (also known as Kelasa hills or Eastern Yoma ...
Under the shadow of Myanmar’s famed Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, or “Golden Rock”, punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure – slices of skin from the country’s fast disappearing wild elephants ...
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as the Golden Rock, is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Myanmar. It sits on top of the Kyaiktiyo hill (also known as Kelasa hills or Eastern Yoma ...