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Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) in Kyaikhto
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 KYAIKHTO
is a small town and popular for its wish fulfill Golden Rock
Pagoda. About 160 km from Yangon. This mystical Pagoda is
about 18ft tall and is built on a huge boulder about 50ft in
girth. This boulder is balancing precariously on the edge of
18ft high rock and separated from the mountain edge by a
deep chasm over 1100M above sea level. It is indeed an
overwhelming sight, how the boulder keeps its balance is
beyond comprehension, but it was been there for 2500 years.
There is a steep road winding up from Kinpun base camp to
Golden Rock about 13 miles by truck. There are only few
Hotels with modern facilities for the visitors.
Kyaiktiyo - Golden Rock
This mystical pagoda built in
the enshrinement of Buddha relic stands on a gold gilded
boulder, precariously perched on the edge of the hill over
1100 km above sea-level.
 The
big boulder the circumference of which is about 50 feet,
rests on top - to be exact - on the edge of the rock. At a
glance, with ignorance of the gravity, it appears that the
boulder will fall at a slight push. The shape of boulder is
like a human head. A small pagoda 23 feet high, was built on
top of that boulder. By using a piece of bamboo strips as a
lever, with a piece of thread tied to one end and placed
under the rock you can pass the thread from one side to the
other side of the boulder which goes to show that the
boulder supporting the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda does not touch the
rock below it. The pagoda on top of the boulder is called in
Mon language Kyaik-I -thi-ro, which means "pagoda carried by
a hermit on the head" Kyaik-I-thi-ro later came to be known
as Kyaiktiyo Pagoda. The hill on which the Pagoda stands is
also called Kyaiktiyo Hill.
It takes about 5 hours to reach Kinpun base camp at the foot
of the hill. When getting there, you can enjoy 'trekking
taking 4 fours' or 'a steep winding motorway heading to the
nearest camp of the pagoda. Many legends about the pagoda
and the 'nats' or 'spirits' can not be counted.
Kyaikto, the town at the foot of the hill, is about 160 km
from Yangon. It is a 11 km uphill climb for the hikers from
Kinpun base camp. There is also a steep winding road for
4-wheel drive cars from the base to the nearest point of the
pagoda. There are many legends about the pagoda and the 'nats'
or 'spirits'. Kyaikhto Hotel and Golden Rock Hotel have
modern facilities for tourists.
Kyaiktiyo - Golden Rock Tour Packages
Kyaiktiyo - Golden Rock Tour Reservation
Kyaiktiyo - Golden Rock Map
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