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The Maha Bandula Park or Maha Bandula Garden (Burmese: မဟာဗန္ဓုလ ပန်းခြံ, pronounced [məhà bàɰ̃dṵla̰ páɰ̃dʑàɰ̃], also spelt Mahabandula or Mahabandoola) is a public park, located in downtown Yangon, Burma.
Tourism in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is a developing sector. As at 2023, new tourist visa applications resume. [1] Although Myanmar possesses tourist potential, much of the industry remains to be developed. The number of visitors to Burma is small compared to its neighbouring countries. This is primarily due to its political situation ...
Yangon: 2018 i, ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred pagoda in Myanmar and an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. It is believed to hold Buddhist relics. According to the local legend, it was built about 2 600 years ago, while the archaeologists date it some time between the 6th and 10th centuries.
The pagoda, a prototype of Burmese stupas, [3] is like a bell-shaped stupa [8] in traditional Mon people, [9] [4] which became the prototype architectural feature for many stupas built in the then Burma (now Myanmar). [2] It has features of staircases, gates, and a richly ornamented spire fitted with a large golden umbrella type finial embedded ...
In 1938, oilfield workers on strike hiked all the way from the oilfields of Chauk and Yenangyaung in central Burma to Rangoon to establish a strike camp at the Shwedagon Pagoda. This strike, supported by the public as well as students and came to be known as the '1300 Revolution' after the Burmese calendar year, was broken up by the police who ...
Tourist attractions in Yangon (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Myanmar" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Yangon, [a] formerly romanized as Rangoon, [4] [5] is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. [ 6 ]
It is at a distance of 210 kilometres (130 mi) from Yangon and 140 metres (460 ft) north of Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State. [10] [11] The Kinpun village 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) is at the base of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. It is the closest to the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda. From Kyaiktiyo, the foot trail or road starts for the Golden rock.