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The Shwedagon Pagoda ... Built on the 51-metre (167 ft) high Singuttara Hill, the 112 m (367 ft) tall pagoda stood 170 m (560 ft) above sea level, [note 1] and ...
The Shwedagon Pagoda was built sometime before 1000 A.D. on Singguttara Hill. The Pegu Range was the original site of the 1930-1931 Saya San uprising against the British. Saya San raised the flag of independence on Alantaung Hill near Tharrawaddy. [5] Later the Pegu Range became a center for the Communist Party of Burma. [6]
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon The replica of Shwedagon pagoda in Tachileik, Myanmar. The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is a stupa and a focal point of Buddhism in Myanmar. At 99.4 metres (326 ft) high, [22] the stupa is covered with gold leaf and plate. [27]
1362 - Binnya U raised the height of Shwedagon Pagoda [2] 1364 - Mon Princess Maha Dewi, a sister of King Binnya U became Governor of Dagon. [3] 1413 - Town occupied by Burmans. [1] 1415 - Mon Prince Binnya Set became Governor of Dagon. [4] 1460 - Palace built by Mon Queen Shin Sawbu. [5] 1484 - Great Bell of Dhammazedi presented.
English: Inner courts of Shwedagon Zedi Daw, Shwedagon Pagoda, Great Dagon Golden Pagoda. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries AD. Yangon, Myanmar.
Successive monarchs added additions to the pagoda and/or its premises. King Razadarit built 160 small stupas around the pagoda in 1390 [6] while King Dhammazedi donated a bell in the late 15th century. In 1556, King Bayinnaung installed a hti spire umbrella with jewels from his crown, and built 52 stupas, signifying his age at the time. [4]
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar houses 8 strands of Buddha's hair taken by his first 2 disciples Tapussa and Bhallika; to the site where three relics of Buddha's previous incarnations had been enshrined. Shwedagon was created with the help of the King of Okkalapa and the Sule nat (spirit).
English: Young Buddhist monks in Shwedagon Pagoda, Great Dagon Golden Pagoda. The most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. The pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries AD. Yangon, Myanmar.