Now to the Botataung ‘First sacred hair relic’ Pagoda, home of hair relics brought from India 2500 years. Bombed by the RAF during WWII, it was a heap of blackened ruins, and then re-built. During the renovation more relics were found, and it is now, in the words of the tourist pamphlet ‘a happy blend of the ancient and of the ultramodern.’ I don’t know that we found any ultramodern – we actually preferred the vendors outside the temple, selling snacks and souvenirs.; Much as we are not fond of pigeons here, it was quite lovely seeing a beaming toddler feeding them by the side of the road