Astrology to the Burmese meant not only ... gods were seized and placed in a Vishnu temple, which was renamed "The Prison of the Gods." All the pre-Buddhist cults were suppressed.

The result is that many Buddhist temples in Myanmar now have their own nat-sin, spirit house, attached to the main pagoda. Though people still worship spirits outside the official pantheon ...

The temples began to rise beside the Irrawaddy ... the Nats (see Dr. Htin Aung’s discussion of “Folk-Elements in Burmese Buddhism”), the old nature deities of the animistic cults for ...

But in Mrauk U just a handful of foreigners have dozens of Buddhist temples to themselves. The site lies in Rakhine state, an isolated region at the western corner of Myanmar, with poor ...

Devotees flocked to temples and sacred sites across Myanmar to celebrate Thadingyut Full Moon Day, which marks the end of the three-month Buddhist Lent. The holiday is celebrated with festive ...

Myanmar – Scattered across the lush, rolling hills of southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region, rebel fighters stationed at checkpoints inspect cars and trucks traveling towards a nearby town ...

Myanmar's military junta, besieged by resistance forces in Rakhine State, is said to be forcibly recruiting Rohingya Muslims ...

Buddhist clergy are extremely influential in Myanmar, an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation in which the religion is deeply entwined with tradition and culture. The killing of Bhaddanta ...

A small Buddhist temple in Thailand has been left without ... The drugs flood into the country from Myanmar - the world's biggest producer of methamphetamine - via Laos. The pills are then sold ...

BANGKOK--A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist ...

Myanmar was once an insider tip for travelers, a symbol of the global triumph of democracy. But since a military coup in 2021, the country is in shambles. The story of the rise and fall of a nation.