The Shwe Dagon Pagoda is reputedly made up of over 20,000 golden bars
A phalanx of sweepers keep the pagoda's marble floor clean in return for good karma
The pagoda is lined with small temples, altars and holy shrines where people make offerings
and say prayers
and say prayers
Statues of Buddha are draped in gorgeous silks
Even the Buddhist monks have to check Twitter!
These “bricks” look like they should be locked up in Fort Knox
A contemplative Buddha
Prayers are offered at many shrines and altars
A place of tranquility and reflection
Children waiting for their mother outside a shrine
“Shwe" means gold in Burmese. “Dagon" is the historic district in
which the pagoda is located
which the pagoda is located
Buddhist nuns chanting in a separate shrine
The pagoda, temples and spires are almost overwhelming. Rudyard Kipling said that it was a “beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun"
Two monks caught in prayer and reflection
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