Kyaiktiyo Pagoda - Golden Rock

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in , . It is a small pagoda built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by its male worshippers.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • 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 Pagoda”, “Kyaiktiyo Pagode”, “Kyaiktiyo-Pagode”, “Tšaiktijo pagoda”, “พระธาตุไจทีโย”, “พระธาตุอินทร์แขวน”, “ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား - Kyaiktiyo Pagoda”, “ゴールデン・ロック”, “ゴールデンロック”, “チャイティーヨー・パヤー”, “チャイティーヨーパゴダ”, and “チャイティーヨーパヤー”

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda - Golden Rock

Latitude
17.48168° or 17° 28′ 54″ north
Longitude
97.09818° or 97° 5′ 54″ east
Elevation
3,609 feet (1,100 metres)
Open location code
7M9VF3JX+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 667347741
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1192804
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kyaiktiyo Pagoda - Golden Rock” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կյաիկքտիյո պագոդա”
  • Burmese: “ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား”
  • Chinese: “嘉提優大金石”
  • Chinese: “大金石”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Rots”
  • Finnish: “Kultainen kivi”
  • French: “rocher d’Or”
  • French: “Rocher d’Or”
  • German: “Goldener Fels”
  • German: “Kyaikto Pagode”
  • Hindi: “क्यिक्तियो पगोडा”
  • Hindi: “गोल्डन रॉक”
  • Indonesian: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
  • Italian: “Pagoda Kyaiktiyo”
  • Japanese: “チャイティーヨー・パゴダ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಯ್ಕ್ತಿಯೋ ಪಗೋಡಾ”
  • Korean: “짜익띠유 파고다”
  • Korean: “짜익티요 파고다”
  • Latvian: “Čaitijo pagoda”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukso Uola”
  • Mon: “ကျာ်သိယဵု”
  • Mon: “သိယဵု၊ ကျာ်စေတဳ ပွိုင်ဍုင်ကျာ်ထဝ်”
  • Persian: “بتکده کیایکتیو”
  • 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: “พระธาตุไจที่โย่”
  • Ukrainian: “Пагода Чайттійо”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Kyaikhtiyo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: monastery and pagoda.

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