බුරුමයේ සංචාරය කරන සියළුම බෞද්ධයන්ගේ ප්‍රධාන ම වන්දනා ස්ථානයක් වන්නේ ස්වේදගොන් චෛත්‍යය යි. අඩි 344 ක් උස , අඩි 368 ක වට ප්‍රමාණයෙන් යුතු මෙම දාගැබ රන් පැහැයෙන් බබලයි. බුදුන් වහන්සේගේ කේෂ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා තැන්පත් කර ඇති අති පූජනීය දාගැබක් ලෙස මෙය හැදින්වේ.

අප ගෞතම බෝධිසත්වයන් බුද්ධත්වයට පත්වී දින 49 ක් ( සත් සතිය) ගෙවා කිරිපලු නුග රුක සෙවනේ වැඩ සිටින මොහොතේ  උන් වහන්සේ හමුවන තපස්සු - භල්ලුක වෙළද සොහොයුරන් දෙදෙනා උන් වහන්සේ වෙත විළද හා මී පැණි දානයක් පූජා කළ අතර, බුදුන් වහන්සේ විසින් ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා වෙත ධර්මය දේශනා කර ඇත. බුදුන් හා දහම් සරණ ගිය ප්‍රථමයන් දෙදෙනා බවට පත්වූ ඔවුන් විසින් මෙම අසිරිමත් මොහොත සිහිපත් කර ගැනීම සදහා තමා වෙත යමක් දෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටි මොහොතේ බුදුන් වහන්සේ තම දක්ෂිණ හස්තර ඔසවා හිස පිරිමැද කේෂ ධාතූන් අට මිටක් ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාට ලබා දුන් බවත්, ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා එම කේෂ ධාතු බුරුමය ට රැගෙන ඒමෙන් අනතුරුව බුරුම රජු විසින් මහත් හරසරින් එම ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා පිළිගෙන  ස්වේදගොන් දාගැබ සාදා එහි තැන්පත් කළ බව මියන්මාර් තොරතුරු අනුව කියැවේ.

ස්වේදගොන් චෛත්‍යය හා එහි ඉතිහාසය පිළිබදව අන්තර්ජාලයේ තොරතුරු පිටුවක්..

Some more details of Shwedagon Pagoda and it's history from the Internet

( Over 2,500 years ago, there lived a king by the name of Okkalapa. He was ruler of Suvannabhumi and ruled over the Talaings. At this time, Siddharta Guatama was living in northern India. He was still a young man and was not yet recognized as the Buddha

It was and is believed that a new Buddha, or “Enlightened One”, will come into being once every 5,000 years. At the time of Okkalapa, it had been approximately 5,000 years since the last Buddha, and it was considered time once again.

Singuttara Hill is important because it was the holy resting spot of the relics of three Buddhas. Their relics were enshrined within Singuttara Hill, thus making it a holy place. To keep it holy, it was believed that gifts given by the new Buddha, which would become relics, had to be enshrined every 5,000 years in the hill.

But Okkalapa was concerned, as a new Buddha had not come to be known yet, and if it took too long he feared the hill could lose its holiness. He went to the hill to pray and to meditate, unaware of Siddharta Guatama’s coming into enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in northern India at the same time.

According to area legend, he appeared to Okkalapa and told him to be patient, that his wish for the hill would soon be granted.

As Guatama was reaching the end of his 49 days of meditation, he was visited by two brothers. Their names were Tapussa and Bhallika, and they happened to be from Myanmar and were subjects of Okkalapa. These two merchant brothers present Guatama Buddha with a gift of some honey cake, as they recognized him as The Enlightened One.

To express his thanks to them, he pulled out 8 of his hairs off of his head, and gave the hairs to Tapussa and Bhallika. They took the hairs and headed back home. However, during their journey they were twice robbed, and 4 of the sacred hairs were taken from them. By the time they reached Myanmar, they had only 4 of The Buddha’s hairs left.

However, their return was still a celebrated one by King Okkalapa and his people, and a large party was thrown in honor of the brothers. It was decided that a shrine place should be built on Singuttara Hill to house these newest relics. At the party in their honor, the brothers presented a casket containing the Buddha’s hairs to their king, and he opened it.

there were great tremors upon the earth, a great rocking earthquake. It is also said that all of the trees then burst into blossom and lovely jewels fell from the sky.

A shrine was created on Singuttara Hill to house these 8 miraculous hairs, and the area was deemed sacred. An enormous pagoda was then created atop the hill to house the shrine, and it is considered one of the most sacred places in all of Myanmar. The pagoda itself is a wondrous architectural achievement. The top soars well over 300 ft into the air (approximately 100 meters or more) above the hilltop and can be seen from quite far away. The Shwedagon, which means, loosely translated, “golden hills” is magnificently made out of gold and jewels all over.

The details as to exactly when and how the construction of the pagoda began are somewhat sketchy, but writings document that it was well-known and visible by the 11th century. Over the years, various kings and queens took part in renovating it, and enlarging the structure, making it even taller and grander than before. )