Shwe Dagon Pagoda - Yangon, Myanmar
The holy golden monument, Shwe Dagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Myanmar; stand on the hill to north part of central Yangon. According to legends, originally stupa was built for the house of eight hairs of Buddha 2500 years before. Later it has been rebuilt many times bigger and more splendid reflected religious people. Now we can see the huge stupa rise nearly 100m above the base and is 433m around. The pagoda itself is a solid brick stupa (Buddhist reliquary) that is completely covered with gold.
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