The Shwedagon Pagoda officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda; is a 99 metres. 325爁t. gilded pagoda and stupa. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within : the staff of Kakusandha; the water filter of Ko?agamana; a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama; the historical Buddha. Rangoon. Yangon. Yangon region. Burma. Republic of the Union of Myanmar.