Kyaiktiyo Pagoda Ka Dai Dutt, Myanmar Last Updated: 06/04/2024 | |
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site perched precariously on top of a huge granite boulder at an elevation of 1,100 meters (3,609 ft) above sea level. It's located near Kyaikto in Mon State, in the northern part of Myanmar's Tenasserim coast. | |
The golden pagoda itself is relatively small, but its precarious position on the edge of the cliff makes it a truly unique and breathtaking sight. A legend associated with the pagoda says that the Buddha himself gave a strand of his hair to a hermit, who enshrined it in a boulder shaped like his head. |
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