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SAGAING
Sagaing
remains very much alive. In fact, some consider Sagaing
to be living centre of the Buddhist faith in Burma
today. The city reverberates with the echoes of cymbals,
gongs and pagoda bells. Refugees from the hectic peace
of urban life retreat here – fro a day or a lifetime- to
meditate. In the hills and in the many-fingered valleys
of the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River are some 600
monasteries, as well as numerous temples, stupas and
caves dedicated to the memory of the Gautama Buddha. The
Myanmar view Sagaing as a ‘foothill’ of the mystical
Mount Meru, and certainly it is easy to rise above
everyday banalities here. However, if you’ve come here
on a day tour, there will be no time for contemplation.
KAUNGHMUDAW PAGODA
Best
known of the Sagaing stupas, this huge whitewashed
edifice is actually situated 10 km beyond the town of
Sagaing. The enormous dome rises 46 meters in the shape
of a perfect hemisphere and was modeled after the
Mahaceti ‘Great Stupa’ in Sri Lanka- although legend
also says that it represents the perfectly shaped breast
of a well-endowed Myanmar queen. Also known as
Rajamanicula, the zedi was built in 1636 to commemorate
Ava’s establishment as the royal capital of Myanmar.
Around the base of the Zedi are 812 stone pillars, each
1.5 meters high and with a small hallow for an oil lamp.
Images of nats can be seen in the 120 niches which also
circle the base. A nearly three-meter-high polished
marbles slab stands in a corner of the pagoda grounds-
the 86 lines of Myanmar inscriptions on the slab record
details of the monument’s construction.
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Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
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Bahan Township,Yangon Myanmar.
Sagaing
remains very much alive. In fact, some consider Sagaing
to be living centre of the Buddhist faith in Burma
today. The city reverberates with the echoes of cymbals,
gongs and pagoda bells. Refugees from the hectic peace
of urban life retreat here – fro a day or a lifetime- to
meditate. In the hills and in the many-fingered valleys
of the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River are some 600
monasteries, as well as numerous temples, stupas and
caves dedicated to the memory of the Gautama Buddha. The
Myanmar view Sagaing as a ‘foothill’ of the mystical
Mount Meru, and certainly it is easy to rise above
everyday banalities here. However, if you’ve come here
on a day tour, there will be no time for contemplation.
Best
known of the Sagaing stupas, this huge whitewashed
edifice is actually situated 10 km beyond the town of
Sagaing. The enormous dome rises 46 meters in the shape
of a perfect hemisphere and was modeled after the
Mahaceti ‘Great Stupa’ in Sri Lanka- although legend
also says that it represents the perfectly shaped breast
of a well-endowed Myanmar queen. Also known as
Rajamanicula, the zedi was built in 1636 to commemorate
Ava’s establishment as the royal capital of Myanmar.
Around the base of the Zedi are 812 stone pillars, each
1.5 meters high and with a small hallow for an oil lamp.
Images of nats can be seen in the 120 niches which also
circle the base. A nearly three-meter-high polished
marbles slab stands in a corner of the pagoda grounds-
the 86 lines of Myanmar inscriptions on the slab record
details of the monument’s construction. 
