SHWEDAGON PAGODA
Shwedagon Pagoda is located in Yangon, Myanmar.
It is a grandeur and pride of Myanmar mainly because of Gautama Buddha's hair relics and also the relics of the previous four Buddhas enshrined underneath.
It is not only sacred but also holy, magnificent, golden, powerful and also priceless to the people of Myanmar. It is my great honour to present this.
A Brief History
Shwedagon Pagoda is constructed 2600 years ago by King Oakkalapa with the help of the two merchants who carried the hair relics of Buddha from India to Myanmar. According to the traditional legend, the Pagoda is built by the King and The Indra, the father of King. It is an interesting story between the King's father and mother. The King Oakkalapa mother is born out of a fruit named Lamu and then she is raised by a hermit by dropping milk from his fingers to feed her because she was born out of the fruit and so she has no parents to raise her. The hermit look after her and when she grow up and become very beautiful , the Indra, being the King of Heaven, become falling in love with her and met with her. When the King Indra returned to heaven, princess Mel Lamu ,her name was given Mel Lamu because she was born out of Lamu fruit, missed him a lot. After knowing that the King Indra sent the divine water to Mel Lamu from heaven with the help of divine crow. When the Queens of the King Indra knew about that, they transformed their self into eagles and attacked the crow. So some divine water splashed into the river and drank by a female crocodile giving birth to the Mighty crocodile Nga Moe Yeik. You can still find Nga Moe Yeik creek,named after the mighty Nga Moe Yeik, now in Yangon. After drinking the divine water sent from the King Indra, Mel lamu gave birth to King Oakkalapa. When building the Shwedagon Pagoda, the King Indra helped great assist in completing the Pagoda so that you can now find the statue of the King Indra in Shwedagon Pagoda.
Whether the above story is true or not, there are the evidences proving the existence of King Oakkalapa and his mother Mel Lamu can be seen even until today.
Finally, the great founders of the Pagoda are King Oakkalapa, the Indra King, the King of Heaven, and the two merchants brothers.
Here are the photos of ShweDagon attached below.
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