Four Buddha images surround a tree at the entrance to the pagoda.    There is no fee to enter but donations are welcome.

Sule is thought to have been founded by Indian missionaries sometime after 230BC.  The name Sule came much later and is linked to the Sule Nat, guardian of Singuttara Hill.

Nobody knows when the current structure was built but it is thought to be Mon from the middle of the last century.

Sule is unusual in that it's octagonal shape continues from the base right up to the bell.  

The eight points around the base  represent the eight points of the compass  and their associated signs, planet and day of the week.  As there are only seven days in a week to worship and eight points, Wednesday is divided into morning and afternoon planetary posts.

As always stroll around a pagoda to the left - the direction the sun travels across the sky