bro theoretically correct according to ancient stone inscriptions and historical monuments of Mon people who are donors and builders of pagoda.So Most of historical experts and burmese people adopted that.but we dont know exactly what is inside and never try to know it. bro because it already 2600 years old and existed there even before Myanmar first kingdom was founded. even in historical value, it is precious treasure of our nation. we can not afford to take risks by testing whether myths are true or not. bro the original stupa donated by Mon merchants was quite small.many kings rebuilt containing the original stupa throughout this 2600 years long time. so it's hard to say the enshrined relics of ancients Buddhas are still there. One of the kings may move to other safer places. Some old people also said all relics had been moved to underground cave which is full of deadly traps in order to prevent from people who want to stole or destory it and it's believed that that underground cave is connected with yangon river so in case , the kings can move the relics via the river way.
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the right one is the original model of Shwedagon pagoda's underground cave and stored in safe place. the left one is replica and can be seen in Shwedagon pagoda. ( not sure now, i didn't see it in my last time ) bro. the upper circle is ancient Shwedagon pagoda and the lower one is the space connected with yangon river. u can see many man-made rooms and it can be believed that the relics were enshrined in one of them . bro
In short , it is like the Ramayan of India.bro although it's highly possible , we cant say exactly anything as its happened in thousand of years ago.
Shwedagon Pagoda at 1880.
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Shwedagon pagoda now ( bigger in size and replaced with real gold plates )
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India kick off the training programme for UN peacekeeping mission in Myanmar.
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