This handout from Sahai Eain taken and received on November 21, 2021 shows worshippers crossing a causeway to reach the Kyeik Hne pagoda, near the town of Thanbyuzayat in southern Mon state. At least 15 people drowned on November 21 while crossing the flooded causeway in Myanmar to reach the Buddhist temple for a festival, rescue workers told AFP.
YANGON, Nov 21 (AFP): At least 15 people drowned on Sunday (Nov 21) while crossing a flooded causeway in Myanmar to reach a Buddhist temple for a festival, rescue workers told AFP.
The tragedy unfolded as thousands of worshippers tried to reach the Kyeik Hne pagoda, which lies on a rocky outcrop around three kilometres (two miles) off the coast near the town of Thanbyuzayat in southern Mon state.
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