On Singuttara Hill, there was the most famous pagoda called Shwedagon Paya. And the golden pagoda was towering in the center of its precinct. Pagoda in Southeastern Asia was covered with gold in the majority of cases.
Although Buddhism has come down also to Japan, the custom didn't come. Pagoda in Japan was usually built of wood. I wondered from where the difference came. Maybe it took a leaf from Shintoism.
Jan 2015 ARCHITECTURE MYANMAR | |
BUDDHISM STUPA TEMPLE YANGON |
No
9010
Shooting Date
Feb 2010
Posted On
January 20, 2015
Modified On
October 3, 2023
Place
Yangon, Myanmar
Genre
Architectural Photography
Camera
CANON EOS 1V
Lens
EF85MM F1.2L II USM