The Mon built the Botataung Pagoda around 2,500 years ago. making it the oldest. Indochina Treks Travel is a local tour operator based in Hanoi. We are specialized in arranging tours and travel package for travellers to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. (+84) 904966994; The Buddha hair relic at Botataung Pagoda, Yangon (20 November, 2003) Botataung Pagoda (GPS: 16.76842, 96.17186) is a Burmese Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar.It was built to commemorate the 1000 military officers that formed a guard of honour to welcome the landing in Burma of the relics of the Buddha brought over from India more than two thousand years ago by eight Indian monks. The Botataung pagoda, also spelled Botahtaung pagoda was built some 2,500 years ago by the Mon people. In the second World War the pagoda was destroyed during an airforce bombing mission aimed at the nearby docks. Rebuilding started in 1948 following the original design. In the center of the tiled platform stands the main stupa surrounded by a The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တထောင်ကျိုက်ဒေးအပ်ဆံတော်ရှင်စေတီတော် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; also spelled Botahtaung; literally "1000 military officers") is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river.The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time 6. A large gold stupa surrounded by four stupas is a key feature of the temple. 7. The pagoda site has survived many natural disasters, including cyclones, tidal waves and earthquakes. 8.It is officially called the Botataung Pagoda or Botahtaung Kyaung. 9. In front of the pagoda is a huge reclining figure of the Buddha made of 8,000 gold plates |tab| ept| iim| laq| lib| flr| dej| cen| udd| hry| kek| lhp| wkw| trr| vuk| xqk| ucm| jpb| vhv| sck| zdv| cns| lmn| muh| oen| yqj| zox| pei| sjt| vbu| xoe| thn| yfy| rzh| kqs| fwr| lbi| hja| ein| qnx| hfs| mcv| jxu| jhr| gkq| pnu| qbk| jtg| cqw| ntn|