The Shwedagon Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံ ဘု ရား; MLCTS: hrwe ti. gum. bhu.

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IPA: [ʃwèdəɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]), officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံ စေတီတော်,
[ʃwèdəɡòʊɰ̃ zèdìdɔ̀], lit. 'Golden Dagon Pagoda') and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda
and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar.

The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain
relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include 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.[2]

Built on the 51-metre (167 ft) high Singuttara Hill, the 112-metre (367 ft) tall pagoda stands 170
metres (560 feet) above sea level,[note 1] and dominates the Yangon skyline. Yangon's zoning
regulations, which cap the maximum height of buildings to 127 metres (417 feet) above sea level
(75% of the pagoda's sea level height), ensure the Shwedagon's prominence in the city's skyline.
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