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  • The pagoda in its spot light

    The pagoda in its spot light

    The heart stopping at any time, the Shwedagon Paya glitters bright gold in the heat of the night. Then, as the sun casts its last rays it turns a crimson gold and orange, magic floats in the heat and the mighty diamond surmounting the summit casts a beam…
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  • Evening atmosphere at the Shwedagon platform

    Evening atmosphere at the Shwedagon platform

    Shwedagon is the sightseeing destination which should be visited twice, a visit during the day and one at night time when al the premise is set in fabulous light.
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  • Dinner in a Shan State restaurant

    Dinner in a Shan State restaurant

    At the corner of Win Gabar Street and Natmauk Road nearby the Kandawgyi Lake we were dining out in an inexpensive but very excellent Shan restaurant. The Shan cuisine is a sovereign markable dish people cook at the Shan State in Burma. Fermented beans, c…
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  • View to the western stairway

    View to the western stairway

    The western stairway with 166 steps steepest of the four, was rebuilt after the 1931 fire, as was the Temple of Kassapa Buddha which had been gutted in the same conflagration.
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  • Life at Daw Ngwe Zin’s Hall

    Life at Daw Ngwe Zin’s Hall

    Near the Tazaung of the Eastern Stairway is the Daw Ngwe Zin’s Hall. In this Tazaung, there are a number of Buddha images including reclining Buddha and a crowned Buddha known as Labhamuni (Sage of Acquisition). One interesting article in this Tazaung is…
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  • Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon

    Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon

    On the way from our hotel to the first sightseeing destination we'd across the busy road entering a small lane through a vivid market.
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  • Maha Wizaya Pagoda in Yangon

    Maha Wizaya Pagoda in Yangon

    View from the eastern stairway to the Maha Wizaya Pagoda which was built in 1980. This Stupa is located immediately south of the Shwedagon Pagoda on Dhammarakhita Hill.
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  • Burmese novice monks

    Burmese novice monks

    Through religious education and application of the ten precepts or basic rules, the novice gains merit for himself and his family. The novitiate may last only a few days and thereafter, the novice may re-enter the monastery at any time but he can become a…
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  • Small bell ringing

    Small bell ringing

    The boy gets posted for a photo shoot after ringing a small copy of the Maha Tissada Bell.
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  • Ringing the bell

    Ringing the bell

    Mother and her boy beat the bell which is a small copy of the Maha Tissada Bell. The bell features an natural function and its sound is esteemed auspicious; it is also said to dispel evil spirits.
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  • The view out of the east gate

    The view out of the east gate

    Facing the eastern stairway is the eastern shrine hall, widely considered the most beautiful on the platform.
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  • Woman in her full meditation

    Woman in her full meditation

    The daily time to find into yourself helps people to lead their running life.
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  • Scenes of meditation

    Scenes of meditation

    The primary objects of mindfulness are the physical elements (rising and falling of the abdomen during sitting, or lifting, and placing of the feet during walking); mindfulness of non physical elements (mental states, thoughts, perceptions, etc.) is also…
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  • Local people rest and invite to join

    Local people rest and invite to join

    Every where in Burma - not only at the Shwedagon terrace - local people or people from other provinces invited us to share and join their mood and feelings. Being captured together on a group photo is a matter of course.
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  • Shwedagon Pagoda in full splendor

    Shwedagon Pagoda in full splendor

    The Shwedagon pagoda is a wonder to see. The beauty if the architecture and design will take the breath away, as will the sparkling, light catching jewels. This wondrous holy place, filled with history and legend. Once a year the pagoda is covered with ma…
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  • Resting at the Maha Tissada Bell

    Resting at the Maha Tissada Bell

    In 1841 King Tharrawaddy donated this 42-ton bell called the Maha Tissada Gandha (great three-toned sweet sound) Bell and 20 kg of goldplating to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
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  • Buddha is watching every where

    Buddha is watching every where

    The consecration rite, which can last a few hours, is held in the morning and consists of four primary parts: Offerings (candles, flowers, incense, flags) made to the Buddha Chanting of Paritta Paritta (Pali), generally translated as "protection" or "s…
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  • The Shwedagon Pagoda

    The Shwedagon Pagoda

    Shwe means gold and this pagoda is covered with hundreds of gold plates and the top of the stupa is encrusted with 4,531 diamonds, the largest of which is a 72 carat diamond. It is clearly one of the wonder of the worlds religious world.
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