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The origin of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar dates back to over 2500
years.. Gautama Buddha presented eight strands of sacred hairs to two
merchants,
merchants who offered it to King Okkalapa on their return. The king built
a pagoda on a hilltop overlooking the port city of Okkalapa, in which the
sacred hairs were enshrined.
Monks going for alms-round