Sule Paya

Sule Paya forms a roundabout at the junctions of Sule Pagoda Road and Mahabandoola Road	Gilded roofs typical of Burmese temples	Sule Pagoda at the crossroads of Yangon - literally	The main stupa of Sule Pagoda
Sule Paya, one of the "Big 3" pagodas in Yangon	Sule Pagoda Yangon	Admission US$2 - dollars must be in *absolutely* perfect condition	Gold trimmed with cut glass and a clock with the dates 28 Feb 1970 and 20 Feb 1987, my 1st and 18th birthdays
Stupas of Sule Paya, Yangon	The small stupa looks like gold paint while the main stupa is surely covered with real gold	Jeweled Hti protected from potential thieves by a fence	Hti - the top ornament on a Burmese pagoda
Main stupa (zedi) of Sule Pagoda - Kyaik Athok	Kyaik Athok - "stupa where a Sacred Hair Relic is enshrined"	"Pyat-that" - gilded Burmese temple roof	Dennis at Sule Pagoda
Burmese pagodas often have 8 shrines dedicated to the days of the week (with 2 for Wednesday)	Buddha images at Sule Paya	Planetary pole, Sule Pagoda	Sule Pagoda is around 2000 years old
Gold-covered main zedi (stupa) of Sule Paya	Tiles of pure gold cladding the Kyaik Athok zedi, Sule Paya	Dennis, Sule Pagoda	46m tall golden stupa of Sule Pagoda
Buddha image, Sule Paya	Buddha image, Sule Paya	Reclining Buddha, Sule Paya	Golden stupas of the 2 millennium old Sule Pagoda, Yangon
Detail of an intricate temple pavilion, Sule Paya	Detail of an intricate temple pavilion, Sule Paya	Emaciated Buddha, Sule Paya, Yangon	Brief Summary of Buddhism, Sule Paya
Burmese offering flowers and fruit baskets	Nat - a Burmese spirit, Sule Paya	Small cable car to in the form of a royal barge	The small cable car is used to send offerings up into the main stupa of Sule Paya
Burmese Buddha image, Sule Paya	People escaping the heat by relaxing around Sule Paya	Gilded roof of Sule Paya from the pedestrian bridge	View from the southwestern pedestrian bridge, Sule Paya
Panoramic view of Sule Pagoda from the pedestrian bridge	Southern entrance to Sule Pagoda	Southern entrance to Sule Pagoda	Flag of international Buddhism
Sule Pagoda from the southeast	East side of Sule Pagoda from Immanuel Baptist Church	Sule Pagoda from the south