Part Three (of Four), introduces the viewer to Rangoon, Burma’ Shwedagon Pagoda and complex.
Filmed in March 2011
Tour for Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma) and its famous temple complex the Shwedagon (Golden Pagoda).
The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98 metres (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city.
It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha.