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Meaning
Barefoot on the marble terrace, you climb as the golden stupa catches the setting sun and stains the whole sky.
Revered as one of the most important sacred places of Buddhism in Myanmar, its golden stupa is said to enshrine relics of the Buddha, and devotion continues around it day after day.
Voices across time
“Gilded from the foot to the top — it is, I suppose, the fairest place that is in all the world.”
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Field notes
- Location
- Yangon · Myanmar · N16.8° · E96.1°
- Best time
- Dusk, when the golden stupa burns in the sunset
- Getting there
- A short drive from central Yangon; ascend barefoot by stairway or elevator.
- Etiquette
- Enter barefoot, dress modestly, and follow the custom of the planetary posts for each day of the week.
Sources
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- · Sacred Land Film Project
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