- 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...
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established near the
older Mon town of
Dagon and
preexisting stupas of
Shwedagon, Sule and
Botataung were
located outside the city walls. The city had...
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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...
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Former US
President Barack Obama poses barefoot on the
grounds of
Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar's
major Buddhist pilgrimage sites...
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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...
- Cast in 1484 by King
Dhammazedi of Mon, this bell was
located at the
Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon,
Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). The bell was said to be...
- 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...
- ခြင်္သေ့ MLCTS: hkrangse. ALA-LC: khraṅse′ BGN/PCGN:
chinthe /
chinthayt Shwedagon,
Symbol of
Strength and Serenity. Yangon, Burma:
Yangon City Development...
- 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...
