Myanmar in Photos/News

Aung Zaya said:

OK.. i will bro..



LOL.. u are nothing but joker.. dude..

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Throwing excuses bro?

Mrauk U

Mrauk U is an archaeologically important town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is also the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a sub region of the Sittwe District. It was the capital of Mrauk U Kingdom, the most important and powerful Rakhine (Arakanese) kingdom, from 1430 to 1785.

History

In 1433, King Min Saw Mon established Mrauk U as the capital of the last unified Arakanese Kingdom. The city eventually reached a size of 160,000 in the early seventeenth century.[7] Mrauk U served as the capital of the Mrauk U kingdom and its 49 kings till the conquest of the kingdom by the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty in 1784.

Trading City
Due to its proximity to the Bay of Bengal, Mrauk U developed into an important regional trade hub, acting as both a back door to the Burmese hinterland and also as an important port along the eastern shore of the Bay of Bengal. It became a transit point for goods such as rice, ivory, elephants, tree sap and deer hide from Ava in Burma, and of cotton, slaves, horses, cowrie, spices and textiles from Bengal, India, Persia and Arabia. Alongside Pegu and later Syriam, it was one of the most important ports in Burma till the eighteenth century.

The city also traded with non-Asian powers such as Portugal and then the Dutch East India Company of the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established trading relations with the Arakanese in 1608 after the Portuguese fell in favour due to the lack of loyalty of Portuguese mercenaries, such as Filipe de Brito e Nicote in the service of the Arakanese king. The VOC established a permanent factory in Mrauk U in 1635, and operated in Arakan till 1665.[8]

At its zenith, Mrauk U was the centre of a kingdom which stretched from the shores of the Ganges river to the western reaches of the Ayeyarwaddy River. According to popular Arakanese legend, there were 12 'cities of the Ganges' which constitute roughly half of modern day Bangladesh which were governed by Mrauk U, including Dhaka and Chittagong. During that period, its kings minted coins inscribed in Arakanese, Kufic and Bengali.
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Random shots from Drone

army camp in Northern State..

Aung Zaya said:

lets me present all about Myanmar from here..

hope u get different taste...
All photos in here are credited..

Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

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going next month on 26th ,bagan,angkor wat and bankok trip

naveen mishra said:

going next month on 26th ,bagan,angkor wat and bankok trip

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Good.!! bro have a safe trip.. and plz share ur photos with us..

A Veitnamses Photographer came Myanmar to shoot with a Vietnamses model... His photos are interesting..!!








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Myanmar is such a beautiful country.

I remember the top gear episode where they visited. They were very clear to say it is simply the most beautiful, no where else compares!

I hope to visit one day, I think it needs a full decent vacation by itself....I will not dilute by visiting other countries . The buddhist pagodas especially...and of course the natural beauty (often they are combined).

Also there is a South Indian style temple in Yangon that I have heard about:


I watched a very nice documentary on Burma some years back....what really intrigued me is that a lot of the people wear the "thanaka" paste on their faces. It reminded me of the sandalwood paste we use in parts of south India for similar purposes.

Burmese people are also very friendly and welcoming..wonderful people!

I always wanted to ask @Aung Zaya , is is offending to use Burma/Burmese instead of Myanmar/Myanmarese? In my family we have always used the former in our many stories we have about this wonderful land.

Nilgiri said:

Myanmar is such a beautiful country.

I remember the top gear episode where they visited. They were very clear to say it is simply the most beautiful, no where else compares!

I hope to visit one day, I think it needs a full decent vacation by itself....I will not dilute by visiting other countries . The buddhist pagodas especially...and of course the natural beauty (often they are combined).

Also there is a South Indian style temple in Yangon that I have heard about:

I watched a very nice documentary on Burma some years back....what really intrigued me is that a lot of the people wear the "thanaka" paste on their faces. It reminded me of the sandalwood paste we use in parts of south India for similar purposes.

Burmese people are also very friendly and welcoming..wonderful people!

I always wanted to ask @Aung Zaya , is is offending to use Burma/Burmese instead of Myanmar/Myanmarese? In my family we have always used the former in our many stories we have about this wonderful land.

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Why Myanmar has so many beautiful places is becuase there is no overcrowding unlike in India and Bangladesh....

Nabil365 said:

Why Myanmar has so many beautiful places is becuase there is no overcrowding unlike in India and Bangladesh....

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Plenty of empty uninhabited or relatively empty beautiful areas in India. If its not the case in Bangladesh...too bad. Bangladesh is way more overcrowded than India....but even Bangladesh has some nice beautiful places.

Nilgiri said:

Myanmar is such a beautiful country.

I remember the top gear episode where they visited. They were very clear to say it is simply the most beautiful, no where else compares!

I hope to visit one day, I think it needs a full decent vacation by itself....I will not dilute by visiting other countries . The buddhist pagodas especially...and of course the natural beauty (often they are combined).

Also there is a South Indian style temple in Yangon that I have heard about:

I watched a very nice documentary on Burma some years back....what really intrigued me is that a lot of the people wear the "thanaka" paste on their faces. It reminded me of the sandalwood paste we use in parts of south India for similar purposes.

Burmese people are also very friendly and welcoming..wonderful people!

I always wanted to ask @Aung Zaya , is is offending to use Burma/Burmese instead of Myanmar/Myanmarese? In my family we have always used the former in our many stories we have about this wonderful land.

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Myanmar was a part of India once.. and Yangon have a little influence of Indian Culture.. u can see temples , food , Bollywood movie poster every where in Yangon..






U are welcome from Myanmar bro.. here local indian will welcome u too..

Nilgiri said:

I always wanted to ask @Aung Zaya , is is offending to use Burma/Burmese instead of Myanmar/Myanmarese? In my family we have always used the former in our many stories we have about this wonderful land.

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nope.. bro.. Burma is Myanmar.. Myanmar is Burma.. it's the same.. call as u like But official name is Myanmar..