Religious, Spiritual sights in Myanmar/Burma

1. Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock)

   • Myanmar/Burma
   • Sights › Religious, spiritual

   The excursion to the incredible balancing boulder stupa, called Kyaiktiyo (or Golden Rock), is a must-do. The small stupa, just 7.3m (24ft) high, sits atop the Gold Rock, a massive, gold-leafed boulder delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff at the top of Mt Kyaikto. This is one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in Myanmar.

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   Shwedagon Paya

   • Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar/Burma
   • Sights › Religious, spiritual

   Heart stopping at any time, the Shwedagon Paya glitters bright gold in the heat of the day. Then, as the sun casts its last rays it turns a crimson gold and orange, magic floats in the heat and the mighty diamond surmounting the summit casts a beam of light that reflects sheet white, bloody red and jealous green to the far corners of the temple platform. It can be quiet and contemplative or colourful and raucous, and for the people of Myanmar it is the most sacred of all Buddhist sites, one that all Myanmar Buddhists hope to visit at least once in their lifetime.

   Visible from almost anywhere in the city, Shwedagon is located to the north of central Yangon, between…

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