About Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda
 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". The meaning of
Kyaik Hti Yo : According to Mon tradition, the name
is a corruption of Kyaiki-thi-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.
Measurements
One of the wonder of the world , Kyaikhtiyo
Pagoda ( Golden Rock ) , known as the Golden Rock
(built in 574 B.C ). It lies 229 km far from Yangon
and built on a huge boulder which stands on the
extreme edge of the cliff, 3625 ft ( 1095.45 m )
above sea level.
Some marvelous facts about the Golden rock are as
follows :
- Volume of the Rock : 244.58 M3
- Density of the Rock : 2.5 Ton/M3
- Weight of the Rock : 611.5 Tons
- Height of the Rock : 8.15 m (26ft , 9 in)
- Kind of the Rock : Granite
- Contact area : 0.714 sq-m ( 7.69 sq-ft )
- Volume of the Stupa : 9.26 M3
- Density of the Stupa: 2.1 Ton/M3
- Weight of the Stupa: 19.45 Tons
- Height of the Stupa : 33ft , 2 in
History
It is said that the boulder has been over 2500
years. The tradition is that after the hermit had
obtained the hair from the Buddha, he was carrying
it on his head inside his hair knot till he found a
boulder which resembled his head, and so he built
the pagoda on its enshrining the relic, substituting
the boulder for his over head.
On the extreme verge of this sloping rock table,
and actually over hanging it by nearly half, is
perched this wonderful boulder (now completely
gilded with gold), thirty feet high and surrounded
by the pagoda. By gently rocking the boulder a
thread can be passed underneath; seemingly appears
as if the additional weight of a few pounds, or a
strong wind, would send it sliding down from the
place it has occupied for unknown centuries watching
over three thousand feet into the sloping valley
beneath and we know what freakish law keeps it in
its position. Anyway pious Buddhists attribute it to
the power of the relic enshrined in the pagoda.
This relic is a hair of Gotama Buddha given to a
hermit residing on the mountain by the Buddha
himself as he was returning from the second heaven
of the Nats whither he had gone to preach the law to
his mother.
Events
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda
Festival
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