![Gate to the road leading past Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091058.rqllUcPD.Yangon0007.jpg) 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)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091059.im8NT2cC.Yangon0008.jpg) Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya - one of Yangon's "Big 3" pagodas (together with Shwedagon and Sule) |
![Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091060.h5YpAiBj.Yangon0010.jpg) Entrance pavilion to Botataung Paya |
![Unlike most other stupas, you can go insde the zedi of Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091061.SEooPN2b.Yangon0011.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091062.Z1fZEM1F.Yangon0012.jpg) Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic inside the zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya |
![Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic, brought to Burma over 2000 years ago](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091064.5AdN28ZK.Yangon0014.jpg) Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic, brought to Burma over 2000 years ago |
![Inside the stupa, Botataug Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091065.btWZCVr4.Yangon0015.jpg) Inside the stupa, Botataug Paya |
![Mirrored interior of the stupa of Botataung Paya, Yangon](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091067.PQlmnssE.Yangon0016.jpg) Mirrored interior of the stupa of Botataung Paya, Yangon |
![Monk meditation](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091068.ZzAYUnUR.Yangon0017.jpg) Monk meditation |
![Display of Buddha images that had been sealed inside the original stupa, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091070.Jbw7xeAI.Yangon0018.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091072.CcatoZM5.Yangon0019.jpg) The 40m stupa was rebuilt after an Allied bomb struck in 1943 |
![Main zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091074.S6MfFdfs.Yangon0020.jpg) Main zedi (stupa) of Botataung Paya |
![Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091076.9OLfMBGM.Yangon0021.jpg) Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion |
![Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091080.e4r3vVIn.Yangon0024.jpg) Bridge leading to the nat (spirit) pavilion |
![Image of Thagyamin, King of the Nats, rules over a pantheon of 37 Burmese nats](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091078.uWsZRGNe.Yangon0023.jpg) Image of Thagyamin, King of the Nats, rules over a pantheon of 37 Burmese nats |
![The nat (spirit) Thurathadi, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091081.bF3ZhvgB.Yangon0026.jpg) The nat (spirit) Thurathadi, Botataung Paya |
![The nat (spirit) Bobogyi, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091084.ZuwprDHM.Yangon0029.jpg) The nat (spirit) Bobogyi, Botataung Paya |
![Botataung Paya, one of the Big Three pagodas in Yangon](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091082.sfjrw92x.Yangon0027.jpg) Botataung Paya, one of the "Big Three" pagodas in Yangon |
![Botataung Paya, Stupa of the 1000 Leaders](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091083.134nKcpD.Yangon0028.jpg) Botataung Paya, "Stupa of the 1000 Leaders" |
![Turtle Pond, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091085.CKNPR8My.Yangon0030.jpg) Turtle Pond, Botataung Paya |
![Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091086.bguQIdMu.Yangon0032.jpg) Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
![Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091087.Ovlt2NDi.Yangon0034.jpg) Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
![Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091088.JZPlWI76.Yangon0035.jpg) Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
![Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091089.HMzv3Ckc.Yangon0036.jpg) Bronze Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness, Botataung Paya |
![Dennis with the Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091092.FXbTERDk.Yangon0039.jpg) Dennis with the Buddha of Wisdom and Mindfulness |
![Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091090.ubEFrIWT.Yangon0037.jpg) Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya |
![Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091091.99RG5KN2.Yangon0038.jpg) Thai-style Temple Guardian (Yaksa), Botatuang Paya |
![Buddha image in royal regalia, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091093.4Eia9VRO.Yangon0042.jpg) Buddha image in royal regalia, Botataung Paya |
![Buggha image with begging bowl, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091094.vDYb3Y0V.Yangon0043.jpg) Buggha image with begging bowl, Botataung Paya |
![Model of a Burmese temple at Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091095.Uswsv6M5.Yangon0044.jpg) Model of a Burmese temple at Botataung Paya |
![Diorama of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, Botataung Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091096.oM2xC00s.Yangon0045.jpg) Diorama of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, Botataung Paya |
![Botataung Paya's main zedi (stupa)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091097.hYJgqQ4Y.Yangon0046.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091101.2sHkdW5v.Yangon0050.jpg) 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)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091098.0RP52qRp.Yangon0047.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091099.KbCzueHQ.Yangon0048.jpg) The British shipped King Mindon Min's Buddha to London early in the colonial era |
![The British kindly returned the Buddha in 1951](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091100.ZoKP9EJr.Yangon0049.jpg) The British kindly returned the Buddha in 1951 |
![Novice monks with begging bowls, Yangon](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091102.onFDrEL3.Yangon0051.jpg) Novice monks with begging bowls, Yangon |
![Golden zedi of Botataung Paya seen from the Yangon River jetty](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/122091103.dFKmv1lh.Yangon0055.jpg) Golden zedi of Botataung Paya seen from the Yangon River jetty |