Better to see this once - than hear it a hundred times!
For 2,500 years, a huge rock has been hanging over the abyss that opened up at Mount Chaittiyo in Myanmar. Nobody can explain how the multi-ton boulder got there and why it still hasn't fallen off the steep cliff. Scientists including. Locals see this as "God's providence" and have made this place sacred … No wonder, because this stone contains a particle of the Buddha himself!
The Chaittiyo Pagoda, also known as the Golden Stone, is a famous Buddhist shrine and pilgrimage site in Mon State in Myanmar. The 5.5 meter high pagoda sits on top of a granite stone balancing on a cliff ledge.
The Chaittiyo stupa was first mentioned in Burmese chronicles in the 16th century, but the texts on the history of the creation of the stupa date the creation of a stone block to the 5th century BC. The stone is about 6 meters high and about 25 meters in girth.
Legend has it that the Buddha once gifted a hermit monk he met with a lock of his hair. Not knowing how best to preserve the priceless relic, the monk turned to the king. It was decided to raise a huge boulder from the bottom of the sea, from there it was brought by Nats, Burmese spirits.
At the top of the boulder, a small Chaittiyo Pagoda was built, where the Buddha's hair was immured, which is believed to protect the stone from falling.
Today the Golden Stone with the Pagoda is one of the main pilgrimage sites for Buddhists. To touch the shrine covered with gold leaf is considered a sacred deed of believers - the belief says that whoever walks the pilgrim's way to the Golden Stone three times a year will gain honor, respect and wealth.
The pagoda and stone are located on the top of Mount Chaittiyo and are surrounded by a complex of religious buildings and places of the night for pilgrims (however, foreigners are prohibited from staying in them overnight). Open-body trucks carry pilgrims and tourists from the center of the nearby town of Qingpun to the terminal of an unpaved area just below the summit along a 16 km long serpentine. There is a 3 km pedestrian road from the terminal to the top.
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Many skeptics, who have seen the pagoda for the first time, immediately claim that the stone and rocks below it are one whole. However, upon closer examination, it turns out that the stone is a completely separate formation of a different origin.
The boulder can be slightly swayed by two or three people. According to some reports, a rope can be pulled under the swinging stone.
A huge number of pilgrims visit this place, especially in the last month of the Burmese year - Tabang (March). Sometimes the lighting of candles, meditation and offerings to the Buddha continue throughout the night.
After reading all this, I think many people come to see a video dedicated to the secret of the Golden Stone that defies gravity:
