Yangon, Myanmar

Tuesday corner. A special place for people born on this day to make offerings. Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar. The pagoda is said to contain relics of four previous buddhas which are the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama. It is 112 metres (367 ft) high and said to have been built more than 2,600 years ago

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