Shwedagon Pagoda

Shwedagon Pagoda was believed to be build, way back to 2500 years ago. The King of Okkalapa was famously to be known in building up the whole task. The most significant feature of Shwedagon Pagoda is consisting of eight genuine Sandaw ( Hairs of Head ) of the Lord Gawdama Buddha , which were kept , as treasures together with tremendous amount of precious stones and other jewellery inside the pagoda. All the more so, Shwedagon Pagoda was decorated with nine wonders. It is situated right on top of the "Thein Gottara Hill " , known as the highest hill in Yangon. The total amount of pure gold alone with Shwedagon can be expected as of today, nearly nine tones even. It was learnt that the last general renovation was done in the year 1232 ME-1871 during the era of King Mindon. As has been well known, guildings including Shwehtidaw are gradually decaying and deteriorating due to time and weather over the period of 128 years. The most notable building in Yangon is the Shwedagon Pagoda, a great cone-shaped Buddhist monument that crowns a hill about one mile north of the Cantonment. The pagoda itself is a solid brick stupa (Buddhist reliquary) that is completely covered with gold. It rises 326 feet (99 m) on a hill 168 feet (51 m) above the city.

[@Craigbe]

i was there in '96 during "Visit Myanmar year!" I was the first American many of the Burmese had seen. Shwedegon is truly magical.

[@briantravelman]

Okay dude, I'm going! Burma looks AMAZING!!!!!

[@sallyyoung1493]

I have just spent two weeks in Myanmar and visited the Shwedagon Pagoda twice and was completely overwhelmed by the scale and beauty of the place. Surely this is one of the greatest wonders of the world.

[@bazzatheblue]

One crazy looking anthill.

[@Suji420]

Beautiful

[@TheRATHANY]

amazing place, that is why i want to visit myanmar more than thailand

[@jujulayju5266]

စာတန္ရဲ့လွည့္စားၿခင္းကိုခံေနရတာ..... လြတ္ေၿမာက္ၾကပါေစ..။

[@smartmoron]

@datzfast You're right, I learned that kind of things in the meantime. All I know is when you visit Myanmar, spend your money at the locals, however booking a trainticket is another story. Cheers, all the best in 2010

[@jinujee]

wow... wana visist Burma... from Sri Lanka.

[@siam]

Been there, done that;0)

[@BiscayneNationalPark]

Really!?!. The huge treasures described in this video could be used to feed, house & help the starving, downtrodden populace of your beautiful country, yet these same treasures are hoisted above out of reach of the praying public whose basic needs could easily be met by a more sensible use of those precious gems. One wonders what the Buddha would think about this. Peace.

[@7boon]

Last year people were getting shot there. Nice...

[@gato123452]

i always wonder why know ones steal the jewels but then i remember it would be a horrible and sad thing to do and you can get cursed for life.

[@bicomhealth]

@yarzaryeni I'm sorry they take money every time you change your money into local currency- a huge % I believe. Nothing that anyone can do about it. Its true traveling there does support the military but i'm not sure that leaving the country in isolation is the best either.

[@dannyboy12357]

why don't they use all those gems gold to help feed starving children in India

[@thotparraka6690]

I have the world largest Ocean Fishing business I catch fish with fishing net, large fish, middle size fish but, I do not catch small fish. However, I get no fish.Ocean fisher

[@pradeepmishra3232]

I am hindu but i want to learn about buddhisim

[@haraldsandowmbainsead6499]

Sorry Seaman means Arakan

[@haraldsandowmbainsead6499]

Khaung Saw Ha Please help explain thus over and over again to the world. Maybe then they will understand that the Bengalis of Seaman refuse to adhere to OUR teachings we accept freely. The Indian Moslem still have a choice to integrate or waging jihad in which case send them to Pakistan. The OIC can pay for it, the UN can monitor that it is done in an orderly way. No more violence but orderly resettlement.

[@SawHinthar1]

There is no scientific proof that it is indeed the "genuine Sandaw ( Hairs of Head ) of the Lord Gawdama Buddha". It could well be 8 strands of buffalo hair ! Carbon dating will point us in the right direction !!