Sunday, 27th June 2010
The Golden Rock
by David Lazar
Pilgrims at the Golden Rock, Myanmar, one of Buddhisms holiest sites. It is said that underneath the gold leaf plated boulder there is a single Buddha hair, miraculously balancing it.
Equipment: Nikon D700
David Lazar
I'm a photographer from Brisbane, Australia - and one of the joys for me (outside of my musical world) is travelling and capturing moments of life and beauty through photography. My favourite styles of photography: Portraiture and landscape.
Website: pbase.com/david_lazar
The Golden Rock by David Lazar was photo of the day on Sunday, 27th June 2010. It is tagged Myanmar, Temples. You can leave a comment below.
21 Comments
mike
That’s amazing that it is balanced.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Beautiful image and fascinating story–I’ve never heard of this shrine before. Now I have yet another research subject thanks to POTD. This is such an informative website–world travel, history, geology,……so much to learn.
renee
wow, very interesting thanks for sharing.
Chamika
Extraordinary rock! Nicely captured! I’ve never heard of this place either. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Aleksander Stacherski
WOW! what a place!
Keith
Fascinating!
ziggy
Gorgeous shot, thanks for sharing. Also LOVE your website and your Mayanmar gallery, gobbsmackingly beautiful shots. Good to see little monks kicking up their heels and being little boys. You let the monks show themselves as human and present as well as exquisitely beautiful children, which is a great transformation from the normally easthetic, other-worldly image. Thanks again.
Su
What a stunning shot, never heard of this rock, so thanks for the story behind it.
Su
Just noticed you had one this day last year too, great work.
Victoria Shelton
Wonderful image and fascinating story behind it. Thank you!
Morkel Erasmus
nice one! interesting that you got Photo of the Day on the same day for 2 consecutive years
congrats!
Rajib Singha
Nice information. Thanks for sharing.
yo
Amazing
planet lover
wow! what an interesting place. Thanks for taking us there with a great photo!
Marie Dunphy Harding
A beautiful religious sight; thank you, thank you for this memorable shot David.
Anurag
Ingenious – the construction atop the rock.
Great photo, great vantage point.
Thanks for sharing.
Pauline Jones
I’m not sure abut Budda’s hair but I guess I wouldn’t be standing underneath it for too long. I have never seen this before, thanks for sharing.
Abi Septiawan
it’s true??? where is it???
Joyce
Thanks for the history behind the ‘rock’. Very interesting !
susolov
…And people make fun of my religion for believing in the Virgin Mary. Hahahaha!
Wilfredo Lumagbas Jr.
so unique. great capture!