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Shwe Dagon
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Shwe Dagon

Pagoda in Yangôn (Rangoon) that is the centre of Burmese religious life. A Buddhist temple complex begun in the 15th century, the cone-shaped Shwe Dagon is constructed of brick and is completely covered with gold. Raised over a relic chamber, it was rebuilt several times and was brought to its present height of 326 ft (99 m) in 1841 by King Tharrawaddy. The pagoda sits atop a hill that rises 168 ft (51 m) above the city.



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At the Shwedagon pagoda, the city's leading attraction, tour guides and photographers milled about with nobody to employ them, while the few Asian visitors who did walk through the compound tried not to slip on loose tiles.
Around a dozen supporters also went to the famed Shwedagon Pagoda near the NLD headquarters to pray for her release.
Offerings On Thursday morning Myint Soe, an NLD member who buys and brings daily food for Aung San Suu Kyi, offered 64 roses at the Shwedagon pagoda and laid an equal number of yellow chrysanthemums at her mother's tomb at the foot of the temple, party sources said.
 
 
 
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