Giant Golden Rock At Kyaiktiyo Pagoda In Myanmar, Burma

Thursday 23 June 2016

Giant Golden Rock At Kyaiktiyo Pagoda In Myanmar, Burma

Somehow unearthly miracle hung over the precipice huge golden stone in Mon State in Burma (Myanmar), it can shatter one, but for all of 2500 years, even the elements could not throw him off the mountain. It is said that only a woman can do it."Golden Stone" - a Buddhist religious landmark, a shrine, which is located on top of the mountain Chayttiyo, granite stone covered with gold leaf, and from above, it is kyaiktiyo pagoda (Kyaiktiyo Pagoda) height of 5.5 meters. All of this massive structure is teetering on the edge of a cliff, the people for many centuries could not solve the riddle why a stone falls, and who could drag him here. On this question the faithful Buddhists meet the stone holding the hair of the Buddha himself, who in the walled Pagoda, the lock of hair of a hermit brought here Taikoo Ta (Taik Tha), he got it from the Buddha's during one of earthly incarnations. He cherished a valuable gift, and just before his death gave it to the king of the Tisza with the wish to fix a lock of hair of the Buddha on a boulder that its shape will resemble a head. Stone from the seabed to the mountain Chayttiyo was placed two Burmese spirits (nates) 2500 years ago.

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda is an Buddhist pilgrimage in Burma

By the pagoda every year comes a huge number of pilgrims, especially at the end of March, it is the last month of the Burmese, he is called here - Tabang. At the entrance to the pagoda sold plates with gold leaf, monks and pilgrims buy it and carefully covered stone them, it happens every year, so in some places the stone from the large number of layers of gold covered with tubercles. flickr/Shin K

First, some, skeptical people think that rock and rock make of themselves a whole or stone tightly vtsementirovan in the rock, but the monks will gladly be allowed to try it out to rock, for one person it will be difficult, but two or three people is a virtue and the stone will be unsteady, but many did not try to shake him, but for all time, no one fell down a cliff it did not succeed. Although there is a legend that only women can do it, so they are closer than 10 meters to the stone are not allowed.

Around this space are arranged religious buildings that can shelter the pilgrims for the night, but for foreigners to stay overnight near the "Golden Stone" is prohibited. To get to the Golden Stone, it is necessary to overcome 16 km distance from the nearest town Kinpun, although tourists made an exception and you can take a ride on one of the trucks, but all the same the last 3 kilometers will have to go on foot, since this area is rocky, there are no roads and cars do not will pass.