Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival

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About Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival

The Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival is an exceptional celebration of lights festivity. On the Full Moon Day of Thadingyut, local people offer the lighting of 9000 candles and 9000 blooms to the Buddha. On the following morning, rice, desserts and different tidbits are offered. Kyaikhtiyo is a residential area in Mon State, Myanmar, celebrated for its Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda or Golden Rock – a most loved goal for voyagers. Explorers from close and far come to visit this place, as they considered Kyaikhtiyo as a holy place like different pagodas in Myanmar. Located on the slope of a similar name on the edge amongst Sittaung and Thanlwin, this pagoda is around 18 feet tall and based on an immense stone around 50 feet circumference, makes anybody shocked in the main observe on the grounds that the rock is adjusting unstably on the edge of 18ft high shake and isolated from the mountain edge by a profound gap more than 1100m over the ocean level.

It is difficult to know about how the stone keep its adjustment, however it has been there for a long time. Individuals trust that the chose rock and keeping it adjust having a place with the heavenly energy of the Buddha: only a hair of Buddha can likewise keep this extremely immense stone a large number of years. It is impressive big name and pulls in hordes of admirers every year starting from October to March which is the regular journey time frame for admirers Especially on the full moon day of Tabaung, the stage of the pagoda is lit with ninety thousand candles offered to the Buddha and a great many admirers assemble around the pagoda offering organic products, nourishments incense to the Buddha. In some cases reflected beams of shading from the Buddha's picture were said to have been seen by the admirers.

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