About Rangoon/Pictures from Rangoon
Rangoon(Yangon) is the capitol of Burma(Myanmar).The city is home to the famous Shwedagon Pagoda,one of the magnificent monuments of Burmese Buddhist piety.Many similar religious eidifices are founded all over Burma,but it is the most famous of them."Shwe"means gold and Dagon is a former name of Yangon(Rangoon).Today,the pagoda is 326 feet high and has a circumference of 1420 feet at the base.The pagoda was only 6 feet high when it was first built.It attained its present height and shape,only in the 14th and 15th centuries when it was overbuilt and enlarged by a succession of Burmese Kings and rulers,installing new "htees" or umbrellas and great bells,building it and building rest-houses and "tazaungs"or prayer halls.
Shwe Dagon Pagoda/Rangoon/Burma
Downtown Rangoon/Burma
Kandawgyi Lake/Karaweik Hotel/Rangoon/Burma
Water Festival(Thinngyun)/Rangoon/Burma
Hotels/Rangoon/Burma
Water Festival(Thinngyun)/Rangoon/Burma
