I only learnt about this incredible Golden Rock called Kyaiktiyo when I read the latest issue of the World of Feng Shui. The big rock or boulder can be found in Burma or Myanmar. Kayiktiyo is a boulder of about 20 metres in height with a 7 metre high stupa on top covered with gold leaf giving it is golden appearance. It is said that the boulder which is balancing precariously on the edge of a ridge has survived a few earthquakes. Amazing, isn't it? It is said that the reason why this is so is because of a strand of LordBuddha's hair placed in the stupa.
Worshippers believe that placing a gold leaf on the surface of the rock will ensure a prosperous . However only men can do so. Ladies are forbidden to enter the place as they might be having their monthly menstruation and this could be detrimental to the wellbeing of the rock.
Worshippers believe that placing a gold leaf on the surface of the rock will ensure a prosperous . However only men can do so. Ladies are forbidden to enter the place as they might be having their monthly menstruation and this could be detrimental to the wellbeing of the rock.
It looks so majestic in the pictures that makes me want to go visit the place to see it for myself. The only drawback is that I am not allowed to go near the rock. Shucks!!! Not fair.
Here is more information about the Golden Rock:
Here is more information about the Golden Rock:
KYAIKTIYO
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (also known as Golden Rock) is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. A small pagoda (5.5 m (18 ft)) sits on top of a golden rock, a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. The rock itself is precariously perched and seems to defy gravity as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo, It is the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda.[citation needed]
According to the legend associated with the pagoda, the Buddha, on one of his many visits to earth, gave a strand of his hair to Taik Tha, a hermit. The hermit, in turn, gave the strand to his adopted son King Tissa, an 11th Century Burmese king, with the dying wish that the hair be enshrined in a boulder shaped like the hermit's head. Tissa, with the help of the Thagymin, the king of the Nats found the perfect place for the pagoda at Kyaiktiyo where the strand was enshrined. It is this strand of hair that, according to the legend, prevents the rock from tumbling down the hill.
According to the legend associated with the pagoda, the Buddha, on one of his many visits to earth, gave a strand of his hair to Taik Tha, a hermit. The hermit, in turn, gave the strand to his adopted son King Tissa, an 11th Century Burmese king, with the dying wish that the hair be enshrined in a boulder shaped like the hermit's head. Tissa, with the help of the Thagymin, the king of the Nats found the perfect place for the pagoda at Kyaiktiyo where the strand was enshrined. It is this strand of hair that, according to the legend, prevents the rock from tumbling down the hill.
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