BUDDHA'S HAIR TEMPLE IN YANGON, MYAMAR IS A MUCH REVERED PAGODA AS THIS ANCIENT, 2,600 YEAR OLD TEMPLE CONTAINS A STRAND OF BUDDHA'S HAIR AND THE STUPA IS HOLLOW, UNLIKE SHWEDAGON WHICH IS MADE OF SOLID GOLD!

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 LIKE ALL HOLY RELICS, IT IS SO DECORATED AND LAVISHED WITH GOLD, GEMS AND JEWELS YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE VIAL CONTAINING BUDDHA'S HAIR!

 THERE ARE SO MANY JEWELS AND GOLD I COULD NOT SEE WHAT ISWHAT

 INSIDE THIS VIAL IS BUDDHA'S HAIR!

 A SINGLE HOLY, PRECIOUS HAIR OF BUDDHA!

 LOOK AT THE DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES 

 GLITTER!

 THE HAIR IS INSIDE HERE

 SO NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SINGLE STRAND OF HAIR

 BUT WE CAN FEEL THE ENERGY

 LOVING, SWEET, PRECIOUS ENERGY EMANATES FROM BUDDHA'S HAIR AND I COULD FEEL IT

 I WAS TRANSFIXED AND COULD NOT MOVE FOR 66 SECONDS STARING AT THIS

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MAY BUDDHA BLESS US ALL

 VIEW OF BUDDHA'S HAIR TEMPLE ACROSS YANGON RIVER WHICH IS NOT THE MORE FAMOUS IRRAWADDY RIVER

 THE NAME IS BOTATAUNG PAGODA BUT HOW TO PRONOUNCE AND SPELL UNLESS YOU GENIUS LIKE ME?

 ENTRANCE TO BOTATAUNG TEMPLE

 THIS IS 2,600 YEARS OLD

 AND BUILT DURING THE LIFETIME OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA. THE HANDSOME YOUNG BURMESE BOY LOOKS LIKE DANIEL AS HE IS TOO FAIR TO BE BURMESE SO HE MUST BE DANIEL THEN

 THE STUPA IS 132 FT OR 40 METRES AND VERY RARE AS IT IS HOLLOW INSIDE SO VISITORS CAN ENTER TO VIEW THE HAIR RELIC

 PRAY HERE AND BUY LOTTERY TICKETS! YOU MIGHT STRIKE!

 ENTRANCE TO BOTATAUNG PAGODA

 THERE YOU GO

 ENTERING THE HOLLOW STUPA

 EVERY WALL IS COATED WITH GOLD!

 BUDDHA'S HAIR IS INSIDE THIS GLASS ENCLOSURE

 ACTUALLY I COULD NOT SEE THE HAIR

 SO MUCH GOLD

 GOLD GALORE

 WALL LINED WITH CASH FROM WORSHIPPERS

 THE HAIR OF BUDDHA IS ENSHRINED INSIDE THIS IVORY VIAL

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS BLESSED BY BUDDHA SO HE COULD COME HERE AS BUDDHA ORDERED PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO TO SPONSOR HIS TRIP HERE

 EXQUISITE

 VERY NARROW AND CRAMPED

 BOTATAUNG PAGODA IS A MUST-VISIT WHEN IN YANGON

 THE STUPA IS 132 FT AND 40 METRES

 ADJOINING TEMPLE

 NEARBY TEMPLE

 NAT OR LOCAL DEITY

 SHIMMERY

NAT TEMPLE ACROSS THE ROAD

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