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Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda
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Kyaikhtiyo pagoda is located in the small town called
Kyaikhto, in the Mon State. This destination is 160km away from
Yangon. The pagoda is 1100km above sea-level. It is a 11
kilometer uphill climb for the hikers from Kinpun base camp.
There is also a steep winding road for 4-wheel drive cars from
the base to the nearest point of the pagodas. The pagoda is also
known as "the golden rock". |
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The meaning of Kyaik Hti Yo
According to Mon tradition, the name is a corruption of
Kyaik-ithi--yo being derived as follows. In Mon language the
word "Kyaik" means " pagoda" and " yo" " to carry on the hermits
head", in Pali the word" ithi" means a hermit and therefore the
name means " the pagoda carried on the hermit's head.
Structure
The pagoda, about 18 feet high, and 50 feet in girth. is
situated on the hill of the same name on the ridge between
Sittaung and Thanlwin. It is built on a huge, almost egg-
shaped, rounded granitoid boulder perched on the very summit of
a projecting and shelving tabular rock, which in itself is
separated several feet from the mountain by a rent or chasm, now
spanned by a small foot bridge of iron and on the further side
drops perpendicularly into a valley blow.
Festival
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It is of considerable celebrity and attracts crowds of
worshippers annually beginning from October to March which is
the seasonal pilgrimage period for worshippers Especially on the
full moon day of Tabaung, the platform of the pagoda is lighted
with ninety thousand candles offered to the Buddha and thousands
of worshippers gather around the pagoda offering fruits, foods
incense to the Buddha. Sometimes reflected rays o.f color from
the Buddha's image were said to have been observed by the
worshipers. |
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