- The
Shwedagon Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား; MLCTS: shwe ti. gon bhu. ra:, IPA: [ʃwèdəɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; Mon: ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်),
officially named Shwedagon Zedi...
- by
order of King
Dhammazedi of
Hanthawaddy Pegu, and
presented to the
Shwedagon Pagoda of
Dagon (today's Yangon, Myanmar). In 1484, King Dhammazedi's...
-
reputed to be over 2,000
years old. The city is also home to the
gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most
sacred and
famous Buddhist pagoda.
Yangon suffers...
- the
third most
important Buddhist pilgrimage site in
Burma after the
Shwedagon Pagoda and the
Mahamuni Pagoda. In the Mon language, the word 'kyaik'...
- statue,
Shanyuan Temple,
Liaoning Province, China.
Burmese style Buddha,
Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon.
Large Gautama Buddha statue in
Buddha Park of Ravangla...
-
Yaypyar Golf Course, and a gem museum.
Similar in size and
shape to the
Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon,
Uppatasanti Pagoda was
completed in 2009. This new pagoda...
- down on them on 26
September 2007, with
reports of
barricades at the
Shwedagon Pagoda and
monks killed.
There were also
rumours of
disagreement within...
-
Hsinbyushin of
Burma was
residing at
Yangon to
raise an
umbrella crown of the
Shwedagon Pagoda for celebration, a
Burmese nobleman informed him of a Siamese-skilled...
-
Former US
President Barack Obama poses barefoot on the
grounds of
Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar's
major Buddhist pilgrimage sites...
- 5 am.
Zafar was
buried at 4 pm near the
Shwedagon Pagoda at 6
Ziwaka Road, near the
intersection with
Shwedagon Pagoda road, Yangon. The
shrine of Bahadur...
