Shwemawdaw Pagoda

The Shwemawdaw Pagoda is a Buddhist located in Bago, . At 125 m in overall height, the Shwemadaw is the tallest stupa in the world. The annual pagoda festival is a 10-day affair that takes place during the Burmese month of Tagu.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Buddhist pagoda in Bago, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Shwemawdaw Paya”, “Shwemawdaw Paya Pagoda”, “ชเวมอดอ”, “พระธาตุมุเตา”, “พระมุเตา”, “มุเตา”, “ရွှေမော ဓော”, “ရွှေမောဓော”, “ရွှေမောဓောစေတီ”, “ရွှေမောဓောဘုရား”, “シュエモードー・パゴダ”, and “瑞毛杜塔”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kanbawzathadi Palace and Hintha Gon Pagoda.

Museum
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is a palace in Bago, .

Buddhist temple
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The is a major Buddhist shrine located in , in the of Myanmar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bago and Thanatpin.

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or Pegu, formerly Hanthawaddy, is the capital…

Town
is a town in , , in . is situated 6 miles southeast of Shwemawdaw Pagoda.

Shwemawdaw Pagoda

Latitude
17.33687° or 17° 20′ 13″ north
Longitude
96.49695° or 96° 29′ 49″ east
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
7M9R8FPW+PQ
Geo­Names ID
6941967
Wiki­data ID
Q4925986
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Shwemawdaw Pagoda” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမောဓောဘုရား(ပဲခူး)”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမော်ဓောဘုရား(ပဲခူး)”
  • Chinese: “瑞摩屠宝塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞摩屠寶塔”
  • Italian: “Pagoda Shwemawdaw”
  • Japanese: “シュエモードー・パヤー”
  • Persian: “شیمدو پایا”
  • Slovenian: “Pagoda Shwemawdaw”
  • Tamil: “சவேமாவதாவ் அடுக்குத் தூபி”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ชเวมอดอ”
  • Thai: “พระมหาธาตุเจดีย์ชเวมอดอ”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Shwemawdaw”

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