1961 Press Photo Women Praying at Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma - nox10572

More than 300 women kneel in prayer before the golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma. They are members of the district Union Women's League which endorsed a move to make Buddhism the state religion and prayed for deliverance from World War III.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 7.5 x 8 inches.