The Sule Pagoda in Yangon before Rangoon Myanmar before Burma Asia

The Sule Pagoda is a Buddhist temple complex in Yangon in Myanmar.

According to legend, the pagoda was built in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda more than 2,600 years ago during the Buddha's lifetime. The octagonal floor plan of the main stupa points stylistically to the peculiarities of Mon architecture and chronologically to the 1st century of our era.

The pagoda plays an important role in the religious and political life of Myanmar, for example during the popular uprising in 1988 and the saffron revolution in 2007.

Today the system stands on a huge roundabout in the city center. The main stupa retains its octagonal shape up to the top.

There is a shrine for the Nats and an altar for each weekday in the temple precinct. Believers prefer to sacrifice and pray at the altar on the day of the week on which they were born, thus celebrating their "birthday"