This is bad news for commercial filmmakers as they will not be allowed to shoot at the Golden Temple complex from now on. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages the shrine, has imposed a ban on shooting of commercial films there; only religious movies and documentaries will now be allowed to be shot […]
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Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma)
Shwedagon Pagoda (officially called Shwedagon Zedi Daw) is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar Rising 100 yards above the city of Rangoon, Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda is, according to many travelers, one of the world’s great wonders. The pagoda […]