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  2. Shwedagon Pagoda - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98-metre (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within. Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. Completed during the reign of King Kyanzittha in 1102, it is a prototype of Burmese stupas.

  4. Myanmar architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon The replica of Shwedagon pagoda in Tachileik, Myanmar. The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is a stupa and a focal point of Buddhism in Myanmar. At 99.4 metres (326 ft) high, [22] the stupa is covered with gold leaf and plate. [27]

  5. Relics associated with Buddha - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Shwezigon Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    The royal Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya (ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား [ɕwèzíɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. A prototype of Burmese stupas , it consists of a circular gold leaf -gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines.

  7. Burmese pagoda - Wikipedia

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    Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is Myanmar's most prominent zedi. Ananda Temple in Bagan is a classic example of a pahto.. In the Burmese language, pagodas are known by a number of various terms.

  8. File:Shwedagon Pagoda before sunset, Yangon, Myanmar.jpg

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    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.

  9. File:Shwedagon Pagoda, Terrace, Yangon, Myanmar.jpg

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    English: Shwedagon Pagoda, Great Dagon Golden Pagoda. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries AD.