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

But fortunately the Burma Archaeological Department ... And why did the ancient kings build pagodas and monasteries rather than stone palaces? As Professor Kyaw Thet suggests, the economic basis ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...

Video by AFP Supported by By Malachy Browne The powerful earthquake that shook Myanmar on Friday took a considerable toll on historic and religious sites across the country, toppling pagodas ...

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday, March 28, 2025, caused damage to historical and religious sites across the country. Several pagodas, Buddhist monasteries and ...

According to many books and records since the Hah and Wei dynasties, most pagodas were wooden multistoreyed structures, which were later replaced by brick and stone pagodas of the same style.

"Sunrise over Ancient City of Bagan." Ethan Lim "There are many glorious pagodas in Bagan, the ancient city of Myanmar." Zaw Zaw Tun "Bagan, Ancient city of Myanmar." Zaw Zaw Tun "Ancient city of ...

The Twin Pagodas in Quanzhou rank the highest pair among Chinas stone pagodas. The west pagoda is called Renshou and the east one, Zhenguo. They stand on each side of the main hall of Kaiyuan ...

Bangkok also rattled by quake Entire neighbourhoods, hospitals, bridges and railways have been left in ruins in Myanmar, and authorities have estimated that approximately 150 mosques and pagodas ...