Landmarks - Schwedagon Pagoda

SHWEDAGON PAGODA SHINING GOLDEN IN THE HEART OF YANGON IN ANCIENT MYANMAR IS THE BEAUTIFUL SHWEDAGON PAGODA. LEGEND SAYS IT TOOK A MIRACLE TO CONSECRATE THE LAND UPON WHICH IT GREW. EIGHT HAIRS OF AN ANCIENT BUDDHA WERE BROUGHT TO THE SITE AND TO ENSHRINE THE RELICS MULTIPLE PAGODAS OF SILVER, TIN, COPPER AND GOLD, WERE BUILT.