The romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir - Khamkoo

88 THE ROMANTIC EAST
repainted, the shrine at the north-west base contains
a gilded and glass -jewelled Buddha with a silk
drapery,
while the shrine at the south-west base
covers a similar Buddha and four
others standing
in various attitudes, each with a chhatra over his
head, as well as eight seated Buddhas and two
kneeling elephants. On the southern edge of the
platform is a pavilion covering
a number of carved
and painted wooden figures, some of them, such as
the four beggars, being very fine indeed.
The Signal pagoda and the Old pagoda are
uninteresting; but the Kyaikthanlan, or Great,
pagoda,
has more to offer to
the gilt
on the pagoda
pagodas and shrines surrounding
the curious, although
itself and on the small
its base is much
tarnished and worn away. Mounting to the platform
by the southern stairway and turning
right, you
to the
come at the south-east corner to the
famous bell hanging from a beam supported by
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four pillars.
Around the bell is inscribed :
Bell is
made by Koo Na Lin Gah Yah the priest
and weight 600 viss. No one body design to
destroy this Bell. Maulmain, March 30, 1855.
He who destroyed to this Bell, they must be in