Botataung Paya

Gate to the road leading past Botataung Paya	Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya - one of Yangon's "Big 3" pagodas (together with Shwedagon and Sule)	Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya	Unlike most other stupas, you can go insde the zedi of Botataung Paya
Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic inside the zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya	Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic, brought to Burma over 2000 years ago	Inside the stupa, Botataug Paya	Mirrored interior of the stupa of Botataung Paya, Yangon
Monk meditation	Display of Buddha images that had been sealed inside the original stupa, Botataung Paya	The 40m stupa was rebuilt after an Allied bomb struck in 1943	Main zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya
Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion	Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion	Image of Thagyamin, King of the Nats, rules over a pantheon of 37 Burmese nats	The nat (spirit) Thurathadi, Botataung Paya
The nat (spirit) Bobogyi, Botataung Paya	Botataung Paya, one of the "Big Three" pagodas in Yangon	Botataung Paya, "Stupa of the 1000 Leaders"	Turtle Pond, Botataung Paya
Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya	Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya	Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya	Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya
Dennis with the Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness	Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya	Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya	Buddha image in royal regalia, Botataung Paya
Buggha image with begging bowl, Botataung Paya	Model of a Burmese temple at Botataung Paya	Diorama of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, Botataung Paya	Botataung Paya's main zedi (stupa)
Zedi from top to bottom: diamond orb, jewelled vane, cone, hti. lotus bud, lotus petals, moundings, inverted bowl, bell, band	The Buddha cast under of Mindon Min, the next-to-last King of Burma (reigned 1853-1878)	The British shipped King Mindon Min's Buddha to London early in the colonial era	The British kindly returned the Buddha in 1951
Novice monks with begging bowls, Yangon	Golden zedi of Botataung Paya seen from the Yangon River jetty