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' Golden Dagon Pagoda '), and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa .
Queen Shin Sawbu, was a skilled politician and maintained harmony between rival kingdoms. She is remembered for her good nature, renovation of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and construction of important monasteries, such as the Kyaikmaraw near Moulmein. [71] King Dhammazedi, who succeeded Queen Shin Sawbu in 1470, was a just and wise ruler. He is ...
The following is a list of tallest known structures above 60 m (197 ft) in Myanmar, excluding buildings, guyed masts, or cellular towers, ranked by their pinnacle height.
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar houses 8 strands of Buddha's hair taken by his first 2 disciples Tapussa and Bhallika; to the site where three relics of Buddha's previous incarnations had been enshrined. Shwedagon was created with the help of the King of Okkalapa and the Sule nat (spirit).
English: Inner courts of Shwedagon Zedi Daw, Shwedagon Pagoda, Great Dagon Golden Pagoda. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries AD. Yangon, Myanmar.
English: Young Buddhist monks in Shwedagon Pagoda, Great Dagon Golden Pagoda. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries AD. Yangon, Myanmar.
Once lifted, they will construct a railway to transport it uphill about half a mile to the Shwedagon Pagoda. This final operation will take about four months. [citation needed] In July 2010, the Myanmar Times reported an Australian documentary filmmaker and explorer Damien Lay to be another foreigner who had decided to take up the project. Lay ...
In 1796, King Bodawpaya raised the pagoda to 90 m (295 ft), and added a new hti spire umbrella for an overall height of 98.8 m (324 ft). [7] [2] The pagoda had been severely damaged several times due to earthquakes, including one in 1912, another in 1917 and another in 1930. Portions of the fallen pre-1917 version of the pagoda remain at the ...