Page 107 - Experience Thailand and More

WHAT TO DO However you choose to ascend, most visitors feel a sense of awe as they enter

the main sanctuary. The gilded pagoda surrounded by smaller golden stupas
and shrines is truly breathtaking. As one makes their way around the paya,
always in a clockwise direction, they will come to shrines dedicated to each of
AND SEE the days of the week. Situated according to planetary, or astrological positions,

many visitors will choose the shrine for their birthday to pray or pay obeisance.

Shwedagon Pagoda
Dagon, Yangon, Myanmar
(+95) 01 855 1012
info@myanmartourismboard.org
http://www.theshwedagonpagoda.com/Contact.html
Open daily from 4.00 a.m. – 10.00 p.m.
Archeologists estimate the the Shwedagon was actually built
by the Mon some time between the sixth and tenth centuries.
Still, it remains the most sacred and revered paya for Myanmar
Buddhists. Built atop Singattara Hill, which stands just over 42
meters above sea level, the pagoda from base to diamond-
studded, gold hti is 99 meters tall. One stairway at each of
the four cardinal directions, with lifts at the north and south,
escalators at the west, and the most traditional entrance at
the east, all gracefully rise towards this glittering pinnacle of
devotion.

107