The Golden Rock is a granitic boulder of 5 meters high located at the top of mountain near a precipice of 1100 meters above sea level. The Kyaitiyo Pagoda stands on top of the rock and it’s a major pilgrimage site for Burmese Buddhists. Its golden color is from the pilgrims, who for hundreds of years have pasted gold leaf onto it. The most amazing thing about this golden rock is that the rock seems to defy gravity and be about to fall.
The boulder, which gleams golden and popularly known as the Golden Rock on which the small Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has been built, is about 25 feet (7.6 m) in height and has a circumference of 50 feet (15 m). The Pagoda above the rock is about 7.3 metres (24 ft) in height. The boulder sits on a natural rock platform that appears to have been naturally formed to act as the base to build the pagoda. This granite boulder lies on an inclined plane and the area of contact is extremely small. The golden rock or boulder and the rock table on which it is resting are independent of each other; the golden rock has an overhang of half its length and is perched at the extreme end of the sloping surface of the rock. There is a sheer vertical drop in the rock face, into the valley below. A lotus shape is painted in gold leaf, encircling the base of the rock. It appears as though the boulder will crash down at any moment
After reach the site, you need to walk about 1.2Km or take about 1 hour to reach the golden rock and you need to left your shoe behind as it is not allow to ware due to it is their culture to respect their religion. When reaching the top of the mountain you will see a golden big rock with root look like pagoda with a very beautify view from the top of the mountain.
The legend says that the rock is perched on a strand of the Buddha’s hair, so those who visit the holy site three times a year will be blessed with wealth and acknowledgment of their goodness.
The boulder, which gleams golden and popularly known as the Golden Rock on which the small Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has been built, is about 25 feet (7.6 m) in height and has a circumference of 50 feet (15 m). The Pagoda above the rock is about 7.3 metres (24 ft) in height. The boulder sits on a natural rock platform that appears to have been naturally formed to act as the base to build the pagoda. This granite boulder lies on an inclined plane and the area of contact is extremely small. The golden rock or boulder and the rock table on which it is resting are independent of each other; the golden rock has an overhang of half its length and is perched at the extreme end of the sloping surface of the rock. There is a sheer vertical drop in the rock face, into the valley below. A lotus shape is painted in gold leaf, encircling the base of the rock. It appears as though the boulder will crash down at any moment
After reach the site, you need to walk about 1.2Km or take about 1 hour to reach the golden rock and you need to left your shoe behind as it is not allow to ware due to it is their culture to respect their religion. When reaching the top of the mountain you will see a golden big rock with root look like pagoda with a very beautify view from the top of the mountain.
The legend says that the rock is perched on a strand of the Buddha’s hair, so those who visit the holy site three times a year will be blessed with wealth and acknowledgment of their goodness.
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