What is Shwe Dagon?
Symbol of a religion Masterpiece of experienced transgeneration after generation this great world Wonder can be approached by four stairways but the principal approach is on the southern side the southern stairway two colossal images of legendary half-lion half Griffin leogriffs sitting proudly at the gate overlooking the southern side these 30-foot High lions were donated by a broker of young in 1887. the two images of sitting ogres behind the lions were the donation of King dayawadi when he visited the then city of Dagon now Yangon foreign along the western stairway you will see the wide stairway supported by the giant pillars the Eastern stairway is being lined by stalls selling religious articles handicrafts and Myanmar traditional toys including the big owls those which some Myanmar believe brings good luck when you reach the top of the Southern stairway and look upward you will see the panel of wood carving depicting the eight major glorious victories in the life of Lord Buddha decorated with finely carved floral designs of teak wood ... is not immediately seen from the top of the stairway it is aesthetically hidden behind a large prayer Hall with glass Mosaic pillars only revealing part by part to pilgrims visiting the Pagoda clockwise from the southern stairway oh trade agone is built on the summit of the Hill that has been leveled to the form of a platform about 900 feet from North to South and 700 feet from east to west one draws Gladden tears through sheer emotional satisfaction seeing the shrine of srinagon nothing can touch a Buddhist Myanmar so much as the site of the great Pagoda with all its glittering glow every local or Foreigner regards it as a special privilege in one's lifetime to visit this one of the greatest cultural monuments ever erected by men the great Pagoda is surrounded by clusters of 150 smaller pagodas on upper and lower Terraces figures of animals symbols Spiritual Beings representing different planets or days of week all right there also stands a figure of an extraterrestrial he is in fact a recorder who writes down names of good persons and evil doers gold plate for good ones and dog hide for evil persons this young lady may be wondering if her name is written on the gold plate many dignitaries have visited since time immemorable subas Chandra Bose of India Lord mountbatten of England king sianuk of Cambodia Richard Nixon of the United States of America her Royal Highness Sarah dawn of Thailand and Etc the Pagoda has been loaded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest and tallest in the world foreign if we walk a little further clockwise from the southern side there is a significantly eye-catching dark brown colored Prius Pavilion donated by ethnic rakhine brokers works of pre Buddha stories are beautifully woven in intertwining floral designs of intricate wood carvings oh part of Buddhist noviation ceremony is to expose young boys in front of two figures king of Gods and the guardian of schwedigon it is a widely accepted practice done outside Buddhist Norms the boys wearing their customary dress for this ceremony seem a bit uneasy in the princely outfit after rounds of procession just before being made a novice Monk the rules mothers of the boys offer coconut and bananas to the gods of the shrine some 500 meters towards the southeast corner of the western stairway hidden away behind Wild bushes and creepers there are former Barracks once used by British colonial forces during the process of annexation but trust me Neymar rarely come here because everyone who comes to this vicinity only have in mind for worshiping the great Shrine not to see an old arsenal of an invader thank you there is no discrimination to enter the Pagoda precinct for an observer and admirer a historian a tourist a worshiper it's a free Open Door place for everyone there are clusters of small satellite shrines around shwetagon on the Upper Terrace donated by different people of different times during a long period of time some are legendary some mythical some historical but some seem very personal but a few steps from here the Pagoda trustee board have successfully established a Buddha Museum life stories of Lord Buddha are painted by various artists in traditional fashion story of the great Shredder gone dates back as early as 2 500 years ago two merchant brothers from Myanmar travel to the Western middle place which is supposed to be India today met Lord Buddha and were given eight pieces of hair elix to be enshrined in Myanmar the king of oklapa erected the Pagoda and enshrined them.
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Shwe Dagon Pagoda is 1 of the largest golden monuments on earth. This 2500 year old monument is well respected by Buddhists, and visited by nearly a million of visitors every year, until Covid 19 pandemic hits. (ဤဗီဒီယိုကို ဦးဝင်းတင်ဝင်း၏ အဘိုးတန် အနုပညာများ မပျက်စီးအောင် စောင့်ရှောက်ထိမ်းသိမ်း ထားရန် ရည်ရွယ်၍ အွန်လိုင်း တင်ထားခြင်းဖြင့်၊ ဆရာကြီးအား ဂုဏ်ပြုအပ်ပါသည်။)