Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda

Most famous among the small pagodas is the Kyaikhtiyo pagoda, insignificant in size, but unique from its position. The hill on which it stands takes its name from the pagoda, and over three thousand five hundred feet in height on its summit are numbers of granite boulders, many of them balanced in a most extraordinary way and all the more striking surmounted by little shrines.

The Kyaikhtiyo pagoda stands on a huge boulder, which itself rests on a projecting rock, separated from the rest of the hill by a chasm, fathomless to the eyes, and reaching, so say the villagers for below the depth of the hill. The boulder stands on the extreme verge of the bare rock, and hangs over it as if a few extra pounds added would make it topple over and crash down the dizzy height for away into the green valley below.

Now it is a spring which ceilings flows fretfully with crystalline water. The view from the pagoda is superb, bounded on the east by the blue mountain and hills, fading away into the dim peaks of Thailand, and extending southwards over tangled jungle and yellow paddy land to the bright waves of Ayeyarwaddy delta.
 

You must see on the west, that the jewelry speak of the pagoda at Bago almost leads one to imagine the stately bulk of the sacred Shwedagon Pagoda beyond.
Buddhists and other visitors not only all around the country but also all over the world visit to that pagoda especially in the summer holidays. They cover the pagoda with flowers and small light candles, making it looks like a new nebulous constellation from the far-off plains. The small stupa, Kyaikhtiyo is nearly 5.5 meters high.