Holding itself up as the sole defender of Burmese heritage, the military has long manipulated Buddhism for its political purposes. The 78-year-old monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa was shot dead by ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

When the great King Anawrahta of Pagan united the whole of Burma into a single kingdom in the eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence a ...

While legend tells us that Buddhism first came to Burma from northern India, and the Tantric element in the religion of Pagan before King Anawrahta’s reforms implies an overland link with Nepal ...

The intersection of Buddhism, politics, and ethnic conflict in Myanmar and Sri Lanka has become a focal point of scholarly research, particularly in the context of rising nationalism and anti ...

The grand occasion of Mahakumbh 2025 marked a historic moment in Prayagraj as over 600 Buddhist devotees from 8 major Buddhist nations -Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bhutan, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, ...

Major Religions: Theravada Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam 4.3%, Other 1.6% The first evidence of the Christian presence in Myanmar is traced to the 13th century -- Latin and Greek writings ...