- The
Shwedagon Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား; MLCTS: hrwe ti. gum bhu. ra:, IPA: [ʃwèdəɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; Mon: ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်),
officially named Shwedagon Zedi...
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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...
- 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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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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pagoda houses a
Buddha tooth relic. It is
nearly a same-sized
replica of
Shwedagon Pagoda in
Yangon and
stands 99
metres (325 ft) tall.
Construction of Uppatasanti...
- An
image of the
Buddha at
Shwedagon Pagoda is
draped with saffron-coloured
fabric robes decorated with
embroidered lotuses....
