THE GOLDEN ROCK
Golden Rock is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site
in Mon State, Myanmar. It is a small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft)) built on the
top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees.
According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand
of the Buddha's hair. The rock seems to defy gravity, as it perpetually appears
to be on the verge of rolling down the hill.
The rock and the pagoda are at the
top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo that is why it is also called kyaiktiyo pagoda. It is the
third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon
Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda. A glimpse of the "gravity defying"
Golden Rock is believed to be enough of an inspiration for any person to turn
to Buddhism.
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