Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Myanmar. It is a small pagoda built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by its male worshippers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pagoda
- Description: small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft)) in Myanmar, built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves, and legend has it that it is precariously perched on a strand of the Buddha’s hair
- Also known as: “Golden Rock”, “Kyaiktiyo”, and “Kyaiktoyo”
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
- Categories: pagoda, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kyaikto Township, Thaton District, Mon State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kyaiktiyo Pagoda” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կյաիկքտիյո պագոդա”
- Burmese: “ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား”
- Chinese: “大金石”
- Dutch: “Gouden Rots”
- Dutch: “Kyaiktiyo Pagode”
- Finnish: “Kultainen kivi”
- French: “Pagode Kyaiktiyo”
- French: “rocher d’Or”
- French: “Rocher d’Or”
- German: “Goldener Fels”
- German: “Kyaiktiyo-Pagode”
- German: “Kyaikto Pagode”
- Hindi: “क्यिक्तियो पगोडा”
- Hindi: “गोल्डन रॉक”
- Indonesian: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
- Italian: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
- Japanese: “ゴールデン・ロック”
- Japanese: “ゴールデンロック”
- Japanese: “チャイティーヨー・パゴダ”
- Japanese: “チャイティーヨー・パヤー”
- Japanese: “チャイティーヨーパゴダ”
- Japanese: “チャイティーヨーパヤー”
- Kannada: “ಕಾಯ್ಕ್ತಿಯೋ ಪಗೋಡಾ”
- Korean: “짜익띠유 파고다”
- Korean: “짜익티요 파고다”
- Latvian: “Čaitijo pagoda”
- Lithuanian: “Aukso Uola”
- Lithuanian: “Tšaiktijo pagoda”
- Mon: “ကျာ်သိယဵု”
- Mon: “သိယဵု၊ ကျာ်စေတဳ ပွိုင်ဍုင်ကျာ်ထဝ်”
- Persian: “بتکده کیایکتیو”
- Polish: “Golden Rock”
- Polish: “Kyaiktiyo Pagoda”
- Polish: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
- Polish: “Złota Skała”
- Portuguese: “Pagode Kyaiktiyo”
- Russian: “Пагода Чайттийо”
- Slovenian: “Pagoda Čaiktijo”
- Slovenian: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
- Spanish: “Roca Dorada”
- Tamil: “கியாய்க்டியோ புத்தர் கோயில்”
- Thai: “พระธาตุไจทีโย”
- Thai: “พระธาตุไจที่โย่”
- Thai: “พระธาตุอินทร์แขวน”
- Ukrainian: “Пагода Чайттійо”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Kyaikhtiyo”
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