Friday, May 25, 2007

Pindaya






Pindaya is a small quiet town perched on the bank of the placid Botoloke Lake.

The Pindaya cave, containing thousands of Buddha images, is the main destination in this region. Pindaya is a small quiet town perched on the bank of the placid Botoloke Lake.

Pindaya cave is a huge cavern where hundreds and thousands of Buddha images in various size and shape are installed since the 11th century.

The winding galleries and nooks and corners are ideal places of insight meditation since the olden days.

Huge monastery compounds with numerous pagodas and temples in different stages of dilapidation are much respected by such ethnic groups as the Shans, Danus and Paos living in the environs of Pindaya.