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Sule Pagoda: The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying
the city center and an important space in Burmese contemporary politics,
ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the
Shwedagon Pagoda during the time of the
Buddha, making it 2,600 years older. Burmese
legend states that the site for the Shwedagon
Pagoda was asked to be revealed by an old
nat who resided on the site where the Sule
Pagoda now stands. The Sule Pagoda was the focal point of Yangon and
Burma politics. It served as a rallying point in both the 1988 riots and the 2007 Saffron Revolution.

National Museum of Yagon: The National Museum, is one of the national museums of Burmese art,
history and culture in Myanmar. Founded in 1952, the five-story museum has
an extensive collection of ancient artifacts, ornaments, works of art,
inscriptions and historical relics, related to the history, culture and civilization
of the Burmese population. The museum's main attraction is the Throne of
the Lion of the Burmese monarch.

Bogyoke Aung San Market: Bogyoke Aung San Market, is an important bazaar located in the town of
Pabedan in the center of Yangon, Myanmar. Known for its colonial
architecture and inner cobblestone streets, the market is a major tourist
destination, dominated by antiques, Burmese handicrafts and jewelers,
art galleries and clothing shops. Bogyoke Market is a famous black
market for the currency exchange The market also has a number of shops
for local buyers, selling medicines, food, clothing and foreign goods.

The Shwedagon Pagoda: Visit to do at sunset for its magnificence. The Shwedagon Pagoda, is a 98m
tall golden stupa located in Rangoon, Burma. The pagoda is located west
of the royal lake on Singuttara Hill, consequently dominating the city skyline.
It is the holiest Buddhist pagoda for Burmese with the relics of the four
Buddhas kept there, namely the support of Kakusandha, the Konagamana
water filter, a piece of Kassapa's robe and eight hairs of Gautama, the
historical Buddha. In Theravada Buddhism these Buddhas are considered
to be among the five who lived in the present aeon, of a list of twenty-eight
of which twenty-three of eons passed. One legend states that the Shwedagon Pagoda is about 2500
years old. Archaeologists believe that the stupa was built in more recent period, ie between the sixth and
tenth centuries by the mon.

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