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Scene upon the terrace of the Great Dagon Pagoda, 1824–1826. Shwedagon Pagoda in the 1890s. Legend holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was constructed more than 2,500 years ago — while the Buddha was still alive — which would make it the oldest Buddhist stupa in the world. [4]
May 21, 2024 · Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar’s holiest Buddhist shrine (also called Shwedagon Paya, Golden Pagoda, Great Pagoda, Shwedagon Zedi Daw, and Shwedagon Pagoda), is thought to date back to the 6th-10th century. Still, legend has it that the structure is about 2,500 years old. Either way, it is the oldest Buddhist stupa and monument.
The pagoda is important as it also contains relics like a staff and robe fragments of Kakusandha and Kassapa Buddhas. The Shwedagon pagoda is prominent in the Yangon city skyline, zoning rules in Yangon limit nearby building heights to 127 metres.The Pagoda is also one of Yangon city's landmarks and heritage sites.
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Oct 20, 2012 · Shwedagon Zedi Daw, the 99 meter gilded pagoda situated on a hill in Yangon, is the most sacred of Myanmar’s Buddhist sites. “Then, a golden mystery upheaved itself on the horizon, a beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun, of a shape that was neither Muslim dome nor Hindu temple-spire. It stood upon a green knoll, and below it were ...
Mar 22, 2020 · As is common with temples in Myanmar, the main terrace is approached by four zaungdan (covered walkways), each of which is flanked at its entrance by a pair of 30ft-tall chinthe (half-lion/half-dragon deities). According to some, the pagoda is 2,600 years old, making Shwedagon the oldest pagoda in the world.
According to legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda was constructed more than 2,600 years ago, which would make it the oldest Buddhist stupa in the world. Currently scholarly research by historians and archaeologists indicate that the pagoda was first built between the 6th and 10th centuries AD.
There is no photo, guidebook or story that can prepare you for the glory of the great pagoda of Yangon, the Shwedagon Zedi Daw. Nga Moe Yeik. There has been a pagoda at this spot for more than two and a half thousand years, since the time of the historical Buddha.
