Kyaiktiyo Pagoda - Golden Rock
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.- Buddhist temple
- …lies at an elevation of 3,609 feet (1,100 metres)
- 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”“ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား - Kyaiktiyo Pagoda”
- Categories
- Location
This page is based on…
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
17.48168° or 17° 28′ 54″ north
Longitude
97.09818° or 97° 5′ 54″ east
Open location code
7M9VF3JX+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kyaiktiyo Pagoda - Golden Rock” goes by many names.
Կյաիկքտիյո պագոդաArmenian
ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရားBurmese
嘉提優大金石Chinese
大金石Chinese
Gouden RotsDutch
Kyaiktiyo PagodeDutch
Kultainen kiviFinnish
क्यिक्तियो पगोडाHindi
गोल्डन रॉकHindi
Pagoda KyaiktiyoIndonesian
Pagoda KyaiktiyoItalian
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
ಕಾಯ್ಕ್ತಿಯೋ ಪಗೋಡಾKannada
짜익띠유 파고다Korean
짜익티요 파고다Korean
Čaitijo pagodaLatvian
Aukso UolaLithuanian
Tšaiktijo pagodaLithuanian
ကျာ်သိယဵုMon
သိယဵု၊ ကျာ်စေတဳ ပွိုင်ဍုင်ကျာ်ထဝ်Mon
بتکده کیایکتیوPersian
Golden RockPolish
Kyaiktiyo PagodaPolish
Pagoda KyaiktiyoPolish
Złota SkałaPolish
Пагода ЧайттийоRussian
Pagoda ČaiktijoSlovenian
Pagoda KyaiktiyoSlovenian
கியாய்க்டியோ புத்தர் கோயில்Tamil
พระธาตุไจที่โย่Thai
พระธาตุอินทร์แขวนThai
Пагода ЧайттійоUkrainian
Chùa KyaikhtiyoVietnamese
Notable Places Nearby
Nearby Places
Explore places such as က်ိဳက္ထီး႐ိုး and Yoe Yoe Lay Hotel 2.
Curious Buddhist Temples to Discover
Uncover intriguing Buddhist temples from every corner of the globe.
“The only true voyage… would be not to travel to new landscapes, but to have other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others.”
