Kipling's India . sical tinkling,which the Nats, the guardian angels of the Burmese, aresupposed to hear and note that an act of devotion hasbeen performed. At the base of the pagoda on everyside are chapels containing massive carved figures ofBuddha; and scattered here and there over the hugeplatform on which the pagoda stands are small pagodasof richly carved wood, or glass mosaic, or masonrycovered with gold leaf like the Shwe Dagon itself; stonealtars for the offerings of devotees; stalls for the sale ofreligious offerings; bells of all sizes; and everywhere,figures of creatures half lion
Kipling's India . sical tinkling,which the Nats, the guardian angels of the Burmese, aresupposed to hear and note that an act of devotion hasbeen performed. At the base of the pagoda on everyside are chapels containing massive carved figures ofBuddha; and scattered here and there over the hugeplatform on which the pagoda stands are small pagodasof richly carved wood, or glass mosaic, or masonrycovered with gold leaf like the Shwe Dagon itself; stonealtars for the offerings of devotees; stalls for the sale ofreligious offerings; bells of all sizes; and everywhere,figures of creatures half lion and half man. These lionsare symbolical of a Burmese legend which tells of aBurmese prince lost in the jungle and mothered by alioness who, when her foster son escaped from her byswimming across a river, died of a broken heart. So thelions are a memorial of the loving devotion of the lionmother. To the traveller it is a surprise to find in the streets ofRangoon, thronged with Americans, Europeans, Indians, [ 176 ). ? I Ml *- It tt
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