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DARK SECRETS: Myanmar pilgrims return to buddha footprint temple | Vintage Vibes

Trustees prepare to open the site of a Buddha footprint during the Mann Shwe Sat Thaw Pagoda Festival at Min Bu township in Magway Region in central Myanmar on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)


MAGWAY, Myanmar: Devotees are returning in greater numbers to a central Myanmar temple, built around the gold-lined footprints of Lord Buddha, after the Covid pandemic and a military coup curbed the annual pilgrimage.

The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region, west of the military capital Nay Pyi Taw, was built around footprints that, according to myth, the Buddha left during a visit more than 1,000 years ago.

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