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 Shwedagon Pagoda ( Shwedagon Zedi Daw) a 98-metre high gilded stupa situated on Singuttara Hill dominating the skyline of Yangon. It is the most sacred Burmese Buddhist pagoda with relics of four Buddhas enshrined within:- - the staff of Kakusandha, - the water filter of Konagamana, - a piece of the robe of Kassapa - 8 hairs of Gautama, the original Buddha.  | 
      
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 Stupa
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  Shwedagon
Paya 
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 Stupa
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Paya in Yangon (
Rangoon ) 
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 Aerial
view of Shwedagon
Paya in Yangon (
Rangoon ) 
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 Illuminations
at Shwedagon
Paya in Yangon (
Rangoon ) 
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 Shwedagon
Paya in Yangon (
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 Shwedagon
Paya in Yangon (
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