Monday, June 22, 2015

SHWEDAGON PAGODA IN YANGON, MYANMAR BY DUSK AND EVENING IS SO MAGICAL AS I FEEL LIKE I AM IN A 'PURELAND'!

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 ON 16 JUNE 2015 I RETURNED TO VISIT SHWEDAGON PAGODA ON MY WONE AS PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO HAD ALREADY VISITED THE DAY EARLIER.

I WENT AT 5 PM AND LEFT AT 9.40 PM AND IT WAS THE BEST 4.40 HOURS I EVER HAD!

I ARRIVED AT SHWEDAGON IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AS I WANTED TO TAKE PHOTOS AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE GOLDEN STUPA AND SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PAGODAS AND SPIRES AND BUDDHAS AS THE SUN SLOWLY SET.

SHWEDAGON IS A TRULY MAGICAL EXPERIENCE AND I HOPE PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO WILL SPONSOR MY TRIP BACK HERE AGAIN AS THIS WAS ONE THE REQUESTS I PRAYED TO RUBY-EYE BUDDHA!

 I ARRIVED AT SOUTH GATE WHICH IS UNDER RENOVATION
 THE 99 OR 100 OR 108 METRE GOLDEN STUPA LOOMS ABOVE THE HILL
 ORNATE SOUTH GATE
 CUTEY, GRINNING CROCODILE FORMS THE BALUSTRADES!
 AFTER PAYING US$ 8 BUT IN LOCAL CURRENCY 8,000 KYAT, THIS IS WHAT GREETS ME AS I ENTER SHWEDAGON MAIN COMPOUND 
 BUDDHA GAVE ME BLUE SKY AND FLUFFY CLOUDS FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHY
 A MONK MEDITATES INSIDE A SHRINE WITH LIFESIZED BUDDHA STATUE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE SMALL SHRINES
 THANKS TO BUDDHA, THE SKY WAS SO BLUE AND CLOUDS SO WHITE!
 STUNNING OR WHAT
 WORSHIPPERS
 JADE BUDDHA AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BUDDHA STATUES
 MONKS
 SO EASY TAKE THESE BILLION DOLLAR PICTURES
 DEEP BLUE
 LIGHT BLUE
 WHITE BLUE
 NORMAL BLUE
 CHINDIK OR GUARDIAN LIONS PROTECTING HOLY PLACES
 THESE SHRINES LINE THE BASE OF THE MAIN GOLD STUPA MADE OF SOLID GOLD AND NOT PLATED
 WASHING A BUDDHA STATUE FOR LUCK



 THE WATER IS USUALLY BOTTLED AND DRUNK
 WHITE SHRINES
 MAN MEDITATING IN FRONT OF BUDDHA

 EVERYONE CAN SEE THE TOP OF JEWEL ENCRUSTED SPIRE WITH THIS FREE TELESCOPE!
 THE TOP OF SPIRE CONTAINS A 78 CARAT DIAMOND AS WELL AS JEWELS CONTAINING PRECIOUS RUBIES, EMERALDS, SAPPHIRES AND MORE DIAMOND
 DEVOTEES DONATE GEMS FOR LUCK
 NOT ALL JEWELS WERE ACCEPTED DUE TO LIMITED SPACE!
 ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MANMADE SIGHTS!

 BOUNTIFUL BUDDHAS
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOVES BUDDHA






 PERFECTION
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE
 GLORIOUS SHWEDAGON
 PRAISE BUDDHA
 BUDDHAS AND BUDDHAS
 DRIZZLING


 MAP OF PAGODA





 ONE OF 4 MAIN PAVILIONS ENCIRCLING THE GOLDEN STUPA


 INSIDE THE RECESS IS ANOTHER BUDDHA


 THE RUBY EYE BUDDHA IS SHOWN 24/7 ON SAMSUNG SCREEN AS NONE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THIS PARTICULAR SHRINE
 I ALWAYS PRAY TO RUBY EYE BUDDHA WHO GRANTS ALL WISHES
 THE FAMOUS RUBY EYE BUDDHA
 GRANTER OF WISHES



 MONK AT PRAYER




 PRAYING AT RUBY EYE BUDDHA








 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AT ANOTHER PAVILION AS EACH HAS A SAMSUNG TV SCREEN SHOWING RUBY EYE BUDDHA





 SELFIES!
 SO SERENE AND PEACFUL
 FEEL LIKE I AM IN HEAVEN

 PEACEFUL LIFE



 REPLICA OF TOOTH OF BUDDHA

 THE STUPA IS OF SOLID GOLD!
 THE GOLD ALONE IS WORTH BILLIONS BUT THE STUPA IS PRICELESS





 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AT SHWEDAGON


 BIG BELL


 VISITING PHOTO GALLERY 
 THE ORIGINAL BODHI TREE IN INDIA WHERE GAUTAMA SIDDARTHA FOUND ENLIGHTENMENT AND BECAME A BUDDHA



 THIS IS BUDDHA PASSING AWAY AND ENTERING NIRVANA

 DUSK WAS DISAPPEARING SO I CAME OUT TO TAKE SHWEDAGON AT SUNSET

 A MASSIVE BUDDHA 


 THE LIGHTS SLOWLY LIGHT UP!
 THE APEX OF THE SPIRE SHOWING THE JEWELS DONATED BY SUPPLICANTS
 RUBY EYE BUDDHA INSIDE HIS PRIVATE, CLOSED SHRINE
 PRAY TO RUBY EYE BUDDHA, MOST SACRED!
 RUBY EYE BUDDHA
 ONE OF MANY FAMOUS, SACRED BUDDHA STATUES, EACH WITH OWN NAME AND TITLE





 CELEBRATING 2,600 YEARS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHWEDAGON!



 RARE ARIEL VIEW OF SHWEDAGON
 ONE OF 4 ENTRANCES LEADING UP THE HILL TO THE PLATFORM
 INCREDIBLE COLOURS WITH FLASH
 GLEAMING WITHOUT FLASH
 GROUP FROM THAILAND TAKING PHOTOS


 SO SURREAL
 FANTASTIC

 FABULOUS
 GLISTENING

 NO WONDER SWEDAGON IS CALLED GOLDEN STUPA
 SHWEDAGON WAS BUILT DURING THE LIFETIME OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA SO IT IS WORLD'S OLDEST BUDDHIST TEMPLE
 BACK THEN, THE ORIGINAL STUPA WAS ONLY 8 METRES
 IT ATTAINED ITS PRESENT HEIGHT OF 100 METRES AT THE END OF 18TH CENTURY BY KING HSINBYUSHIN 
AT 325 FT OR 100 METRES TODAY, SHWEDAGON IS PERFECT
 SHWEDAGON AT NIGHT
 I VISITED SHWEDAGON GALLERY TO VIEW THESE PHOTOS
 LOOK AT THE RUBIES
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WANTS TO DONATE HIS RUBY BRACELET AND GEM STUDDED RING!
 LOOK AT DATO KEE HUA CHEE RUBY BRACELET AND GEM LADEN RING---ARE THEY WORTHY TO BE PLACED AT THE SPIRE?

 WITHOUT FLASH
 WITH FLASH
 BOTH SO NICE



 I LOVE THE  BLUE STREAK, MUST BE A MIRACLE



 NOTICE THE STREAK OF BLUE FLASH? A MIRACLE
 THE FLOOR GLISTENS LIKE A POOL AFTER THE RAIN AS JUNE IS RAINY SEASON AND RAINS EVERY DAY! 






 MONKS TEACHING USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY









 THIS WAY TO PARADISE!
 THIS WAY TO NIRVANA!



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