YANGONXinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 2.5 million visitors in the first four months of this year. U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon ...

The Pagoda was built to replicate the Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon in Myanmar ... Travel writer Tanveer Gogada attends the Elephanta Festival and gets a high on Indian culture.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Burma. Its origins can be traced back to the first millennium, when a king was inspired by a legend involving eight strands of Buddha's hair.