Shwezigon Shine
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Seated Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Photos of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together.
This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place.
June 26th, 2020
Today, we’re in Bagan visiting Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the late 11th century and recently (in the scheme of things) gilded in 1983. The Shwezigon pagoda has national importance in Myanmar as a temple of Theravada Buddhism, and hosts an annual festival during the month of Nadaw with attendees from all over the country.
Here’s a photo of the Shwezigon Pagoda from 1855. My, how things have changed!
Shwezigon Pagoda by photographer Linnaeus Tripe, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More tomorrow,
Kelly
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Amazing sight! 🙂 🙂
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Agreed! It is an amazing and very gold sight. 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you! Hope you’re enjoying the weekend! xo
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Great comparison, Kelly. Glad you included the 1855 photo. The gilding ads an impressive tough. But from and adventure perspective… 1855. 🙂 –Curt
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Yeah, I thought that 1855 photo was really cool! Oh, to be an adventurer way back then!
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Oh to have been is right! Even going back to the 60s when I first started my explorations seems like something of a golden age. 🙂
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That’s some place
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LOL, yes it is. 🙂
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Bagan is just a lot more glitzy than I would have ever thought! Love this gallery of gold.
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That’s a really interesting comment. Bagan feels very rustic and down to earth except for this particular golden pagoda. But there is definitely richness in the displays of devotion and the elaborate images of Buddha. An interesting contrast, for sure!
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