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Narendra Modi visits Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar

| | Sep 07, 2017, at 03:12 pm
Yangon, Sept 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar‏ tweeted: "A moment with timelessness.PM @narendramodi visits 2500 yrs old Shwedagon Pagoda,considerd to be the pinnacle of Myanmar's cultural heritage."

Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa.

These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.

Modi is currently on a three-day visit to Myanmar.

He has met top leaders of the nation during this visit.

Images:  Raveesh Kumar‏ Twitter page

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