I received Employee of year award for 1991 from Department of the Navy, North Island. . ၁၉၉၁ ခုနှစ်တွင် အမေရိကန်ရေတပ် ဌာန၏တစ်နှစ်တာ အကောင်းဆုံး ဝန်ထမ်းဆု
Employee of the year award for 1991
Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – Yangon )
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Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – 12 Planetary Posts )
Planetary Post for Sun. Planetary Post for Moon. Planetary Post for Moon Planetary Post for Mars. Planetary Post for Mercury. Planetary Post for Mecurry. Planetary Post for Raha ( mythical planet). Planetary Post for Jupiter. Planetary Post for Jupiter. Planetary Post for Venus. Planetary Post for Venus. Planetary Post for Saturn.
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားအနောက်ဘက်မုဒ်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – West Side)
Temple of Kassapa Buddha. ( Also is the West Welcoming Tazaung.) A glimpse of both the outside and inside of the Kassapa Tazaung. ( Flanked by planetary posts for Jupiter. They are associated with persons born on Thursday.) Inside the Kassapa Tazaung. ( List as a place to make Adathtun.) Kassapa Buddha statue in the center. View of the West Upper Terrace, looking toward the north. Narga Theinghi Tazaung viewed from the Upper Terrace. Narga Theinghi Tazaung with its many buddha statues. Inside the cave of the Narga Theinghi Tazaung . Two Pice Tazaung facing the Kassapa Tazaung. ( Originally built from the donations of merchants of Theingyi Zay. ) Two Pice Tazaung shown connected to the Western Stairways. Nagayone Buddha.
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားအနောက်တောင်ဘက်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – South West Corner)
Southwest panoramic view of Shwedagon. ( Note the West and South Welcoming Tazaungs.) Southwest view of the Shwedagon. ( Note the planetary post for Saturn. It is associated with persons born on Saturday.) A Southwest Middle Terrace region view that is getting nearer to the South Welcoming Tazaung. Southwest Middle Terrace viewed from near the West Welcoming Tazaung. Southwest Middle Terrace viewed from near the South Welcoming Tazaung. Near the center of Southwest Middle Terrace region. ( Looking toward the West Welcoming Tazaung.) Panoramic view the Southwest Middle Terrace. Weikzar Zawgyi Pagoda. ( Considered as #2 Awe-Inspiring site on Shwedagon. ) Weikzar Zawgyi Buddha. ( Small figures of Weikzars and Zawguis can be see on the roof above the Buddha.) Outer part of the Southwest Middle Terrace. A Buddha Statue on the left side of the Nay La Buddha. Temple of the Nay La Buddha. ( Regarded as an Aungmyea.) Close up of the Nay La Buddha Tazaung of Team Saturday, a special team for the up-keeping of the pagoda. ( Previously was one of a few Merchants' Tazaung.) Jade Buddha. Bo Bo Gyi of Shwedagon Pagoda. Figures of Tagyamin ( Lord of celestial beings) and Mai La Mu. ( Parents of king Okkalapa, the first builder of Shwedagon.) Two merchant brothers requesting Buddha of giving them a few (eight) strands of His hair. Another view of a scene from the Legent of Shwedagon.
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားအရှေ့တောင်ဘက်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – South East Corner)
Southeast panoramic view of Shwedagon. ( Notice the South and East Welcoming Tazaung.) Southeast view of the Shwedagon. ( Note the planetary post for Mars. It is associated with those born on Tuesday.) Early sunset view of Shwedagon seen from the Upper Terrace.) A view ( observe anti-clockwise) of the Southest Middle Terrace looking from the south. A Southeast Middle Terrace region view a little further on. A View ( observe clockwise) of the Southest Middle Terrace looking from the east. A Southeast Middle Terrace region view that is getting nearer to the East Welcoming Tazaung. Southeast Middle Terrace view from above the Upper Terrace. ( looking down east.) Pyadah Shin Buddha. ( Considered as #9 Awe-Inspiring site on Shwedagon.) Laharpyin Zea Tazaung. Laharpyin Zea Tazaung. ( Closer view ) Southeast Temple with Buddha's Foot Print. ( One of two such Temples. The other one is in the northern terrace sector.) Hall of Buddhas adjoining the Buddha's Foot Print Temple. ( Tazaung of Team Bodhi Mundaing, a special team for the up-keeping of the pagoda.) Lethnyoyekya Buddha. Saedawmuu Pagoda. Bhyanmar ( King of celestial beings) Thapyke Statue. ( Couple washing for a son may pray for it in front of this spot. ) Bhyanmar Thapyke Statue. ( Note the body boy to be conferred to a deserving cpu[le. ) Southeast corner Bodhi Tree. ( The seed of this tree was brought form where Buddha attained Buddha hood, in India.) Statue near the Bhodi Tree. Scale Model of Shwedagon made out of gold. ( Note the security TV cameras.)
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားတောင်ဘက်မုဒ်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – South Side)
West view of the Temple of Konagamana Buddha. ( This Tazaung is flanked by planetary posts for Mercury. They are associated with Wednesday born persons.) Front view of the South Welcoming Tazaung. ( Note the Tagyamin ( Lord of celestial beings ) statue just below the roof ridge. ) A glimpse of both the outside and inside of the Tazaung. Inside the Temple of Konagamana Buddha. ( List as a place to make Adatehtun.) High lighted Konagamana Buddha. The rest is low lighted. ( A quiet evening, but uplifting setting for meditation.) South view of the Upper Terrace.
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားအနောက်မြောက်ဘက်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – North West Corner)
View of Shwedagon form #1 Aungmyea. ( General area of Aungmyea is marked by eight-pointed star pattern flooring tiles.) View of Shwedagon after dark from Aungmyea. ( Normally cooler in the evening and usually more people can be seen praying there than during the middle hours of the day.) Looking toward the North Welcoming Tazaung. ( Photo taken near the planetary port for Rahu associated with persons born between 9.00 pm and midnight on Wednesday. ) A panoramic view around the Northwest Middle Terrace. ( Note the North Welcoming Tazaug. Mahabodhi and Naungdawgyi Pagodas.) A panoramic view looking toward the Southwest from Aungmyea. A view of Aungmyea from the upper level of a nearby pagoda. ( Photographic Museum can also be seen.) Looking toward the Southwest from the upper level of a pagoda. View from the Northwest of the western approaches to Shwedagon. ( Note the West Welcoming Tazaung and the Western Stairways Entrance Pavilion - Two Pice Tazaung.) Northwest Terrace viewed from near the West Welcoming Tazaung. A small pagoda next to Aungmyea. Looking down at the Northwest Terrence from the Upper Terrece. ( Note where Aungmyea is.) A pagoda with several small shrines circled at its base. Buddha statue atop the above the pagoda circled by small shrines. A Buddha statue in one of the small shrines of the above pagoda. Queen Shin Sawbu's Temple. ( Regarded as an Aungmyea.) Buddha statue witnin Queen Shin Sawbu's Temple. ( Considered as #3 Awe-Inspiring Buddha on Shwedagon. ) A Large Buddha statue. Maha Gandha Bell. ( Commissioned by King Singu in 1779. Raised from the Yangon river in 1825 after the boat to carry it off by the British sank. Bell weighs 23 tons.) A panoramic view from the northwest corner looking back to Shwedagon. A pagoda just outside the precinct's Northwest corner ( A-1), and at a level lower than the Middle Terrace. Figure of King Okkalapa. ( From the Legend of Shwedagon.)
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားအရှေ့မြောက်ဘက်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – North East Corner)
Panoramic Nort East View of Shwedagon. ( Morning photo taken from the Kya-mhaut height of Naungdawgyi.) Panoramic Nort East View of Shwedagon. ( Afternoon photo taken from just below the Kya-mhaut height of Naungdawgyi.) North East Upper and Middle Terraces of Shwedagon. ( Morning photo taken from the Kya-mhaut height of Naungdawgyi.) Naungdawgyi Pagoda with scaffolding around it. ( Pagoda being setup for re-gilding. Note the relative size of workers at the Hti ( very top ) level of the Pagoda. ) Naungdawgyi Pagoda cocooned, using bamboo mats. ( Next step setup for re-gilding. Night photo shot. Pagoda festooned for fund raising purposes.) Newly re-gilded Naungdawgyi. july 2007. ( Access to Naungdawgyi's Upper Terrace requires special permission.) View of Northeast Middle Terrace from the Upper Terrace. ( Note the cocooned Naungdawgyi.) Pagodas with previous Shwedagon's Hti-s encased. View of Northeast middle Terrace from the south. Looking toward Mahabodhi from the Northeast Middle Terrace. Inside Shin Mahti Tazaung. ( Shin Mahti is considered as #4 Awe-Inspiring Buddha on Shwedagon. It is also regarded as an Aungmyea.) Central area of Dhammazeadi Temple. Shrine with tiger and lion within the Dhammazeadi Temple. ( Considered to be a Sutaungpyi.) Close up photo of above shrine. Shrine located within a right side small cave of the Dhammazeadi Temple. ( Buddha statue is not protected by glass barrier, and the nose got rubbed.) Shrine inside the Dhammazeadi Temple, located on the right side. Shrine at the center of Dhammazeadi Temple. Shrine inside the Dhammazeadi Temple located on the left side. Shrine located within a left side small cave of the Dhammazeadi Temple. Temple of Shin Itzagona. ( Considered as #5 Awe-Inspiring site on Shwedagon.) Temple of Na Kyake Shitsuu Buddhas. Temple of Bo Bo Aung Buddha. ( Considered as #7 Awe-Inspiring site on Shwedagon. Front view. A tunnel like cave opening is between the two large Buddhas.) Temple of Bo Bo Aung Buddha. ( Middle section of tunnel cave.) Temple of Bo Bo Aung Buddha. ( End section of cave where Bo Bo Aung Buddha can be seen.) A small Shrine. A shrine of Bo Bo Aung Buddha. ( Considered to be a Sutaungpyi. It is also regarded as an Aungmyea.) Inside the above shrine. Pagoda of Loka Pala Buddha. Close up of Loka Pala Buddha statue. Shrine of Nay Satkya la Satkya buddha. ( Considered to be a Sutaungpyi.) Inside Many Buddhas Tazaung. ( View of Buddha states with the south wall at their backs.) Inside Many Buddhas Tazaung. ( Myeatshin ( alert eyes) Buddha is at the corner just behind the column. A Tazaung where people of high positive spirituality often meditate.) A Buddha shrine at the base of a Bodhi Nyaung tree. ( East of Naungdawgyi Pagoda.) Pyidaw Pyun Buddha. Bomin Gaung statue. Maha Tissada Bell Pavilion. Maha Tissada Bell. ( Commissioned by King Tarrawaddy in 1841. It weighs almost 42 tons.) King Dhammazeadi Inscription Stones. ( Inscribed in Pali, Mon and Myanmar languages in 1485.
ကျွန်တော် ရိုက်ထားသောအနုပညာဓာတ်ပုံများ (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားမြောက်ဘက်မုဒ်) Art photos taken by me ( The Greater SHWEDAGON – North Side)
Temple of the Gautama Buddha. Outside Tazaung view. Temple of the Gautama Buddha. Tazaung's view from the west. ( Flanked by Planetary post for Venus; associated with Friday born persons. Mahabodhi Pagoda can be seen further south. Temple of the Gautama Buddha. Outside Tazaung view.(Listed as a place to make Adatehtun.) Gautama Buddha. View of North side Upper Terrace, looking toward the west. ( Note the cocooned Naungdawgyi pagado, setup for re-gilding.) View of Shwedagon when coming out from the Northern Stairways. View of the Northern Stairways entrance form the Upper Terrace. ( Note the Marquee for rasing funds for the re-gilding of Naungdawgyi.) Temple of Sandaw Dwin Pagoda. ( Considered as #6 Awe-Inspiring site on Shwedagon. Believe that a water-well existed years ago for washing Buddha's(eight) hairs before encapsulating them inside the Shwedagon.) Temple of Sandaw Dwin Pagoda closeup. Lokapala Yetkha Meadaw Belu (Ogre). Temple of Pyilone Chantha Sutaungpyi Buddha. ( Regarded as an Aungmyea.) Pyilone Chantha Sutaungpyi Buddha. Buddha's Foot Print. ( The foot print is divided into 108 sections, each with special significance.) Sawbwa Saw Hla Bor Pagoda. Mahabodhi Pagoda. ( A replica of the original is in Bodhgava, India.) Yaza Muni Sutaungpyi