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How old shwedagon?
2500 years
How old is shwedagon pagoda?
2500 years old.
Which is taller the shwedagon pagoda or the biggest merlion in Singapore?
the shwedagon pagoda
Is shwedagon pagoda is world's wonder?
Yes
When was shwedagon pagoda built?
the 6th century
What is the shwedagon pagoda?
a taoist shrine located in pego
How many people built the shwedagon pagoda?
The Shwedagon Pagoda is probably the oldest Buddhist shrine in the world. It was built over a period of about 500 years using thousands of laborers in the present nation of Myanmar.
In which city is Shwedagon Pagoda?
Yangon, Myanmar (formerly known as Rangoon, Burma).
Which is the land of the land of golden pagoda?
Burma also known as Myanmar is the land of golden pagoda. The highlight is Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
What are the major landmarks of Myanmar?
Shwedagon Pagoda, Kyite Htee Yoe Pagoda, Maha Muni Buddha Statue, Sule Pagoda, Mandalay Moat and Palace, Mandalay Zaygyo Market, Bogyoke Aung San Market, etc...
Who is Tapassu and Balluka?
528 BCE According to legend, Tapassu and Balluka, two North Indian traders who lived in a city of Pushkaravat, offered Siddhatha Gautama his first meal after his enlightenment. The Buddha gives eight strands of his hair to the two brothers; who brought the strands to eastern coast of Sri Lanka and enshrined in a small pagoda in an area called 'Thanthirimale'. the pagoda was called "Giri-hadu-Saya" in present day Trincomalee. Later it was renovated, enlarged several times by various kings of ancient Sri Lanka. Recently during an excavation the archeologists uncovered a collection of enshrined hair in a casket which believed to be the strands brought by 'Tapassu & Balluka'. Another theory says the strands are brought back to Burma and enshrined in the Shwedagon Pagoda. Thus, according to history, this is the year when the Shwedagon Pagoda was built.
What are some celebrations in Myanmar?
These are some of the most famous celebrations, festivals and holidays of Myanmar.January/February - Independence Day (4th of January), this major public holiday is marked by a seven-day fair at Yangon's Kandawgyi lake, and nationwide fairs.- Union Day (12th of February), this day marks Bogyoke Aung San's short-lived achievement of unifying Mayanmar's disparate ethnic groups. For two weeks preceding Union day, the national flag is paraded from town to town, and wherever the flag rests there must be a festival. the lunar month of Tabodwe culminates in a rice-harvesting festival on the new-moon day.February/March - Shwedagon Festival, the lunar month of Tabaung brings the annual Shwedagon Festival, the largest paya pwe(pagoda festival) in Myanmar. the full-moon day in Tabaung is also an auspicious occasion for construction of new paya, and local paya pwes are held.- Peasants' day (2nd of March), dedicated to the nations' farmers.- Armed Forces (or Resistance) Day (27th of March), Armed Forces Day is celebrated with parades and fireworks. Since 1989 the government has made it a tradition to pardon a number of prisoners on this day.April/May - Buddha's Birthday, the full-moonday of Kason is celebrated as the Buddha's birthday, the day of his enlightenment and the day he entered nibbana (nirvana). As such, it is known as the 'thrice-blessed day'. The holiday is celebrated by the ceremonial watering of of the sacred banyan tree. One of the best places to observe this ceremony is at Yangon's Shwedagon Paya, where a procession of girls carries earthen jars to the pagoda's three banyan trees.- Water festival (or Thingyan), this is the celebration of the Myanmar New Year.- Worker's Day (1st of May) although the government renounced socialism in 1989, the country still celebrates May Day as Workers' Day.June/July - Martyr's Day (19th of July), this date commemorates the assassination of Bogyoke Aung San and his comrades on that day in 1947. Wreaths are laid at Bogyoke Aung San's mausoleum north of the Shwedagon Paya in Yangon.These are some examples of the celebrations in Myanmar. Credits for information from Lonely Planet, Myanmar (Burma). For even more info read Lonely Planet, Myanmar (Burma), 2005. Thank you.
