ShwedagonPagoda

07 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A man prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma). Shwedagon Pagoda is officially called Shwedagon Zedi Daw and is also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda. It’s a 99 metres (325 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within: the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama, the historical Buddha. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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07 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A man prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma). Shwedagon Pagoda is officially called Shwedagon Zedi Daw and is also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda. It’s a 99 metres (325 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within: the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama, the historical Buddha. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ