PM Modi visits 2,500-year-old Shwedagon pagoda in Myanmar
The pagoda is considered to be the pinnacle of Myanmar's cultural heritage.
Yangon, September 7: On the last day of his three-day first bilateral visit to Myanmar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the 2,500-years-old Shwedagon pagoda.
The pagoda is considered to be the pinnacle of Myanmar's cultural heritage.
Modi paid his respects at the pagoda on the on last day of his three-day first bilateral visit to this Buddhist- majority country.
He also planted a Bodhi tree sapling at the pagoda complex, signifying common cultural heritage.
"A moment with timelessness. PM @narendramodi visits 2,500-years-old Shwedagon Pagoda, considered to be the pinnacle of Myanmar's cultural heritage," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
The Shwedagon Pagoda enshrines strands of Buddha's hair and other holy relics. Located west of the Royal Lake in Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda is considered to be the most sacred and impressive Buddhist site for the Myanmarese people.
Shwedagon
Pagoda
is
covered
with
hundreds
of
gold
plates
and
the
top
of
the
stupa
is
encrusted
with
4,531
diamonds,
the
largest
of
which
is
a
72
carat
diamond.
From
a
humble
beginning
of
8.2
metres,
the
Shwedagon
Pagoda
today
stands
close
to
110
meters.
PTI