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KYAIKHTIYO-THE GOLDEN ROCK
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda well know as the Golden Rock located 160 km from the east of Yangon, in Kyaikhto Township, Mon State. It is one of the famous pagodas in Myanmar and is about 3,600 feet above sea level. The hill on which the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda stands is also called the Kyaikhtiyo Hill. On the Kyaikhtiyo Hill, there is a huge and steep rock. A big shoulder the circumference of which is about 50 feet, rests on top --- to be exact --- on the edge of the rock.
At a glance, it seems that the boulder will fall at a slight push. The boulder is in the shape of a human head. A small pagoda 23 feet high, was built on top of that boulder. By using a piece of bamboo strip as a lever, with a piece of thread tied to one end and placed under the rock you can pass the thread from one side to the other side of the boulder which goes to show that the boulder which goes to show that the boulder supporting the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda does not touch the rock below it.
The pagoda on top of the boulder is called in Mon language Kyaik-l-thi-ro, which means "pagoda carried by a hermit on his head" Kyaik-l-thi-ro later came tobe known as Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda.
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YANGONYangon, the cosmopolitan capital city
of Myanmar,
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MANDALAYThe
culture city, Mandalay was founded by King
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BAGANBagan stands on east bank of Ayeyarwaddy
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MT.POPAThere is often some confusion over Mt.Popa
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INLE LAKEJust a flight and in the cool green
highlands of
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PINDAYAPindaya is 45 km from Kalaw and is a
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TAUNGGYIJust a flight and in the cool green
highlands of
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KALAWAbout 71 km (44 miles) west of Taunggyi is
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SAGAINGSagaing lies 21 km south west of
Mandalay
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U-MIN THONZEU-min means cave, and Thonze is
thirty: and this
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MYA THEINDANMingun is a side on the Ayeyarwaddy
River
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MRAUK UNot
far from Sittwe on the Arakan Coast,
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KYAIKHTIYOKyaikhtiyo Pagoda well know as the
Golden
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MAWLAMYINEOn the Southern coast lies Mawlamyine,
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NGAPALI BEACHMiles of empty white sand beaches,
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ECO TOURISMWhenever you go in Myanmar, whether
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