The Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is Myanmar's holiest Buddhist Shrine. Rudyard Kipling described the 2500 year-old shrine as a "Golden Mystery" with a lot of justification.
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- Myanmar
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- 2005-06-18
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Photography, Colour
Schwedagon Pagoda
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The shrine is great!!! Its shining domes soaring in the blue abyss of the sky are like a bridge between the land of paradise and the land of the mankind.Great thanks to the artist who portrayed this beaty!
So uniquely beautiful and uplifting to the spirit.
Thanks a Lot for that wonderful anecdote Dima!
Glad you also liked it Clarita
This is a magnificient structure. I hear Burma is full of such beautiful temples. A visit is due.