vertical close view pilgrim carefully pasting gold foils onto golden rock the kyaiktiyo pagoda with row small bells

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Vertical close up view of Pilgrim carefully pasting gold foils onto golden rock at the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda with row of small bells

Note: Image focus is on the pilgrims. Vertical close up view of Pilgrim carefully pasting gold foils onto golden rock with row of small bells hung in foreground at the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, about 170 km northeast of Yangon. The pagoda, one of the main tourist attractions in Myanmar, attracts thousands of worshippers across the country annually and is said to have been built during the life time of the Buddha over 2400 years ago.