 Two gigantic "chinthe"s or leogryphs (stylised lion figures) stand guard at the southern and main approach at the foot of the hill, popularly known as the "Chinthe hnakaung atet" (two chinthes ascent).It is a gentle climb and there are many stops along the way, most importantly the hermit U Khanti's "dazaung" or hall where the Peshawar Relics ( three fragments of bone of the Gautama Buddha) were kept from 1923 until after the Second World War when they were moved to a building at the foot of the hill and no longer on display.Leaving U Khanti's dazaung is by way of a tunnel lined by "Hnakyeik shissu" or the 28 Buddhas of the past and present worlds, or alternatively up a steep flight of steps next to the tunnel.