WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA AND WHITE ELEPHANTS SANCTUARY IN YANGON, MYANMAR WITH PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO WHO SPONSORED HER FAMILY, NANNY AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

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BREAKFAST AT SULE CAFE AT SULE SHANGRI-LA YANGON IN MYANMAR

SHANGRI-LA  YANGON IS THE BEST HOTEL AND MOST EXPENSIVE AT AROUND RM 1,000 A NIGHT

DATO KEE HUA CHEE, MICHAEL MANTZ, RAPHAEL, LUCHIT THE NANNY TO THE KIDS, PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO, GLORIA AND DANIEL

FUN FAMILY

BUSY YANGON

HINDU TEMPLE

CHURCH

ARMY PARK

GOSH WHO CAN AFFORD TO WASTE MONEY ON OVER PRICED SLIPPERS

WHILE JADE BUDDHA TEMPLE

DANIEL AND GLAM MOTHER PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO

ENTERING WHITE JADEC BUDDHA TEMPLE

3 KOOL KIDS!

RAPHAEL, GLORIA AND DANIEL

2 NAGAS AND 2 CHINDIK OR TEMPLE LIONS TO PROTECT THE TEMPLE WHICH IS CALLED PAGODA IN BURMA OR MYANMAR. IT IS SPELLED 'CHINTHE' BUT PRONOUNCED AS 'CHINDIK'

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN FRONT OF WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA TEMPLE CONTAINING THE WORLD'S LARGEST WHITE MARBLE SEATED BUDDHA

WELCOME TO KYAUK TAW GYI PAGODA!

NO WONDER TOURISTS CALL IT WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA  TEMPLE! SO EASY

PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO'S FAMILY AT PRAYER IN FRONT OF WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA

SOMETIMES IT IS ERRONEOUSLY CALLED WHITE JADE BUT IS ACTUALLY WHITE MARBLE

THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED GLASS CASE MAKES PHOTOGRAPHY A CHALLENGE!

THE WHITE MARBLE STATUE IS 37 FT TALL AND 24 FT WIDE AND WEIGHS 606 TONNES

THE  BUDDHA IS NAMED BUDDHA OF WORLD PEACE AND PROSPERITY

37 FT TALL AND 24 FT WIDE AND 606 TONNES

THE BUDDHA IS SEATED IN ABAYA MUDRA POSITION WHICH DISPELS FEAR BY REASSURING US BUDDHA WILL PROTECT US

DO NOT FEAR, BUDDHA IS HERE

BACK

BEAUTY AND GRACE

WHITE MARBLE AND GOLDEN GRACE

THIS STATUE WAS CARVED FROM 1 SINGLE SLAB OF WHITE MARBLE FOUND IN MANDALAY UP NORTH AND CARRIED DOWN THE IRRAWADY RIVER

NANNY LUCHIT, RAPHAEL, GLORIA, DANIEL, PRINCESS DR BECKY LOEGARDO WHO PAID FOR EVERYONE'S AIR TICKETS, SHANGRI-LA YANGON, FOOD, SIGHTSEEING AND TRAVELLING EXPENSES!

BUDDHA WILL BLESS PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO FOR SPONSORING OUR TRIP HERE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE JOINS THEM

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS A BODDHI SATTVA

THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED GLASS PREVENTS DAMAGE FROM TEMPERATURE DILATIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE WHITE MARBLE TO BE DISCOLORED OR CRACKED. 

THE BUDDHA IS ENSHRINED HERE IN 2008 SO IT IS VERY NEW

WALL MURAL SHOWS ARRIVAL OF WHITE MARBLE TO YANGON FROM MANDALAY

PAVILION

LAST LOOK

ENTRANCE WITH NAGA AND CHINDIK

LAST LOOK AT ENTRANCE OF WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA, THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD

FROM WHITE MARBLE BUDDHA WE DROVE 5 MINUTES TO WHILE ELEPHANT PARK!

SEE THE RARE WHITE ELEPHANTS INSIDE PAVILION

RAPHAEL, GLORIA AND DANIEL

NOTE WHITE ELEPHANTS AT BACK

RARE WHITE ELEPHANTS

THEY ARE CONSIDERED VERY WHITE BY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

THIS IS NOT A TRUE WHITE ELEPHANT

THE FRONT IS VERY WHITE ELEPHANT AND IS VERY RARE AS IT IS NOT AN ALBINO!

WORTHY OF WORSHIP

2 WHITE ELEPHANTS

RARE SIGHT. WHEN IN YANGON, YOU MUST SEE THESE WHITE ELEPHANTS AS THEY ARE SO RARE AND USUALLY KEPT IN PALACES AS ONLY KINGS CAN AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEM

SEATS ARE PROVIDED FOR ELEPHANT VIEWING IN PEACE

PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO PAID US$120 TO CHARTER THE VAN FOR HER FAMILY

FUN FOR FAMILY AND LOOK AT GLORIA, THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL 5 YEAR OLD GIRL AS DECREED BY BUDDHA