Shwezigon Paya

His huge golden dome was visible from the distance, and once there we…


Kumbh Mela, the largest religious festival in the world

The Kumbh Mela is one of the major religious celebrations of Hinduism, and also…


The dervishes, mystics dancers

While I recognize that the first time I heard of them was in Istanbul, the fact…


Pilgrims in Burma: Mahamuni Buddha

The venerated Mahamuni image, located in a Temple in Mandalay, is also known…


Pilgrims in Burma: Shwedagon Paya

Burma is a country of deep Buddhist convictions, since Buddhism arrived to the…


Cappadocia, discover the "land of beautiful horses"

So the Persians baptized long before Alexander the Great conquered it in the…