Myanmar in Photos/News

Nilgiri · Nov 25, 2015

Aung Zaya said:
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..

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

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

@Rajaraja Chola

Temple says Sri Varatharaja Perumal temple in Tamil. I am assuming some chettiar from Madras (Chennai) area got inspired from the same name temple in Kanchipuram in South India. They are my home state people nonetheless! Some of our family friends have very distant relatives there (in Burma).

From what I have heard, local Burmese are also very involved with this temple. Wonderful to hear!

Nice pictures!

Rajaraja Chola · Nov 26, 2015

Nilgiri said:
@Rajaraja Chola

Temple says Sri Varatharaja Perumal temple in Tamil. I am assuming some chettiar from Madras (Chennai) area got inspired from the same name temple in Kanchipuram in South India. They are my home state people nonetheless! Some of our family friends have very distant relatives there (in Burma).

From what I have heard, local Burmese are also very involved with this temple. Wonderful to hear!

Nice pictures!

We have a aactive Tamil community before 1961. After the military coup Indian Tamils were deported. If not we would have had a very active Tamil community over there on the lines of Malaysia.
Its surprising we till have tamil communities over there.
Karaikudi Chettayar palaces are full of Burma Taeks woods. Even my great grandfather earned his income in Burma.

Nilgiri · Nov 26, 2015

Rajaraja Chola said:
We have a aactive Tamil community before 1961. After the military coup Indian Tamils were deported. If not we would have had a very active Tamil community over there on the lines of Malaysia.
Its surprising we till have tamil communities over there.
Karaikudi Chettayar palaces are full of Burma Taeks woods. Even my great grandfather earned his income in Burma.

Yes yes I have heard of this. Maybe there can now be some better reconciliation with Ms. ASSK now at the helm. There are apparently many Tamils still waiting to return to Burma to rekindle their connections with what they see as their home:

The Burmese Indians who never went home - BBC News

Burmese Indians still number around 1 million, or 2% of the population:

Burmese Indians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From what I have heard they have integrated in Burma strongly now, many of the younger ones do not speak Tamil etc....but they still keep their culture alive. Hopefully cultural contact with India will increase now with Burma opening up and getting closer to India.

Rajaraja Chola · Nov 27, 2015

Nilgiri said:
Yes yes I have heard of this. Maybe there can now be some better reconciliation with Ms. ASSK now at the helm. There are apparently many Tamils still waiting to return to Burma to rekindle their connections with what they see as their home:

The Burmese Indians who never went home - BBC News

Burmese Indians still number around 1 million, or 2% of the population:

Burmese Indians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From what I have heard they have integrated in Burma strongly now, many of the younger ones do not speak Tamil etc....but they still keep their culture alive. Hopefully cultural contact with India will increase now with Burma opening up and getting closer to India.

Even with ASSK at the helm, I do not see much change in ground realities. She wont change drastically and invite the wrath of the military.

Aung Zaya · Dec 6, 2015

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Shangri la

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Mandalay...

Myanmar girl in traditional dress..

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Aung Zaya · Dec 6, 2015

@alaungphaya bro...

alaungphaya · Dec 6, 2015

Cool thread, nyi lay. I'll see what personal pics I can add here.

Nilgiri · Dec 6, 2015

alaungphaya said:
Cool thread, nyi lay. I'll see what personal pics I can add here.

Looking forward to it!

Aung Zaya · Dec 26, 2015

Nilgiri · Dec 26, 2015

What church is this? Except for the colour and use of brick, it kinda reminds me of St. Andrews in Singapore

Aung Zaya · Dec 27, 2015

Nilgiri said:
What church is this? Except for the colour and use of brick, it kinda reminds me of St. Andrews in Singapore

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon... bro.. the most of Church and Cathedral are in the same trend... All used this kind of colour , brick and material...