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   Yangon' s treasures: Shwedagon...

The birdseye view  of Shwedagon will give you a little orientation (click here for a bigger size)

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... and as  good Buddhists we walk around clockwise ...

(Gaps in the list below will be closed with the next update)

(1) Southern stairway (entrance)

(3) Northern stairway

 

(46) Curio Museum

 

(33) Saw  La Paw’s Pagoda

(5) Southern main shrine – Temple of the Konagomana Buddha

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(32) Hall of Wizards

(6) Chinese Merchants Association Tazaung (Buddhist Shrine)

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(27) Buddha’s Foot print hall

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(7) Hall of Golden and Silver Hills

 

(28) Zediyingana Society

(8) Shrine of Sun and Moon

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(29) Sandawdwin Pagoda

 

(9) Commemorative Column for first Rangoon University students’ boycott

(31) Maha Bodhi Pagoda

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(10) Guardian spirit of Shwedagon

(Lawka Pala Meldaw)

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(30) North main shrine – Temple of the Gautama Buddha

 

(11) Hall of U Thin and Daw Thet Pyin

 

(34) Strand Market Two Pice Hall

 

(12) Rakhine Tazaung

 

(35) Shin Itzagawna Tazaung

 

(13) Daw  Pwint Tazaung

(36) Naungdawgyi Pagoda

(Elder Brother Pagoda)

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(14) Statues of Melamu and Sakka

 

(37) Maha Tisadda Ghanta Bell

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(15) Koo Chein Kan and Ma Kyee Kyee Hall

 

(44) Dhammazedi Stones

 

(2) Western stairway

(38) Replica of the Htee

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(16) Two Pice Tazaung

 

(39) Bo Bo Aung Shrine

(17) Main west shrine – Temple of the Kassapa Buddha

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(40) Daw Ngwe Zin’s Hall

 

(47) Shwedagon Museum

(4) Eastern stairway

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(18) Pagoda of the Eight Weekdays

(41) East main shrine – Temple of the Kakusandha Buddha

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(19) Hall of King Singu's Bell

Maha Gandha

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(42) Tawa Ghu Buddha (the 'TV Buddha' as you can only sse him on a TV screen)

 

(20) U Po Thaung Hall

 

(43) U Nyo Tazaung

 

(21) Shin Saw  Pu Shrine

 

(45) Hall of Carousal

(22) Maha Bodhi Tree

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(23) Hall of Great Prosperity

 

(24) Victory Ground

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(25) Eleven Shrine cluster

 

 

(26) Chan Ma Phee’s Hall

 
   

 Some more Shwedagon...

Direction Day Planet Sign
S Wed AM Mercury tusked elephant (see below)
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SW Sat Saturn naga
W Thu Jupiter rat
NW Wed PM Yahu tuskless elephant (see below)
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N Fri Venus guinea pig or mole
NE Sun Sun garuda (see below)
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E Mon Moon tiger
SE Tue Mars

lion

 

 


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