On the banks of the Irrawaddy River, more than 3,000 temples stretch across a 30-square-mile plain in Bagan, Myanmar (formerly ... such as the Ananda Temple's 554 scenes from past lives of the ...

And the Buddhist shrine, with its attendant sculpture, wood carving or painted decoration, is still the principal artistic expression and aesthetic experience of the Burmese people. To be sure ...

and the destruction of the Ananda Pagoda. Isro releases images showing massive destruction caused by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar."> According to ISRO, Cartosat-3, launched in 2019 ...