2,600th anniversary of Shwedagon Pagoda Buddhist followers offer water onto the Buddha image at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand reli...

2,600th anniversary of Shwedagon Pagoda

Buddhist followers offer water onto the Buddha image at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand religious celebration to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, March 7, 2012. (Xinhua/U Aung)

Buddhist followers walk around at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand religious celebration to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, March 7, 2012. (Xinhua/U Aung)

Buddhist followers walk around at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand religious celebration to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, March 7, 2012. (Xinhua/U Aung)

Myanmar's novice Buddhist nuns are seen at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand religious celebration to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, March 7, 2012. (Xinhua/U Aung)

Buddhist followers offer water onto the Buddha image at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the grand religious celebration to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, March 7, 2012.