Scaffolders At Work On Shwedagon Pagoda Editorial Photo

A decorated temple at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, formerly Rangoon.nnEvery few years the Pagoda is recoated with gold leaf, bamboo is used for the intricate scaffolding that surrounds the stupa.nnofficially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The 99 metres (325 ft) tall[citation needed] pagoda is situated on Singuttara Hill, to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, and dominates the Yangon skyline.nnShwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa.