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MYANMAR’S SHWEDAGON PAGODA – TAASA Review September 2023

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This article was originally found in the September 2023 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 12).

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Charlotte Galloway T he Shwedagon pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar.

Situated on Singuttara Hill in Yangon, the country’s most populous city and former capital of an independent Myanmar from 1948 – 2005 (when the capital was moved by the military regime to Nay Pyi Taw), the Shwedagon acts as a geographical centre for Myanmar’s largest city.

The pagoda, a term interchangeable with stupa in Myanmar, is part of a complex covering around 46 hectares with the pagoda platform surrounded by monasteries, open parkland and public space...