Gate to the road leading past Botataung Paya |
Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya - one of Yangon's "Big 3" pagodas (together with Shwedagon and Sule) |
Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya |
Unlike most other stupas, you can go insde the zedi of Botataung Paya |
Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic inside the zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya |
Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic, brought to Burma over 2000 years ago |
Inside the stupa, Botataug Paya |
Mirrored interior of the stupa of Botataung Paya, Yangon |
Monk meditation |
Display of Buddha images that had been sealed inside the original stupa, Botataung Paya |
The 40m stupa was rebuilt after an Allied bomb struck in 1943 |
Main zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya |
Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion |
Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion |
Image of Thagyamin, King of the Nats, rules over a pantheon of 37 Burmese nats |
The nat (spirit) Thurathadi, Botataung Paya |
The nat (spirit) Bobogyi, Botataung Paya |
Botataung Paya, one of the "Big Three" pagodas in Yangon |
Botataung Paya, "Stupa of the 1000 Leaders" |
Turtle Pond, Botataung Paya |
Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
Dennis with the Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness |
Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya |
Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya |
Buddha image in royal regalia, Botataung Paya |
Buggha image with begging bowl, Botataung Paya |
Model of a Burmese temple at Botataung Paya |
Diorama of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, Botataung Paya |
Botataung Paya's main zedi (stupa) |
Zedi from top to bottom: diamond orb, jewelled vane, cone, hti. lotus bud, lotus petals, moundings, inverted bowl, bell, band |
The Buddha cast under of Mindon Min, the next-to-last King of Burma (reigned 1853-1878) |
The British shipped King Mindon Min's Buddha to London early in the colonial era |
The British kindly returned the Buddha in 1951 |
Novice monks with begging bowls, Yangon |
Golden zedi of Botataung Paya seen from the Yangon River jetty |