Shwegu Gyi Phaya
The Shwegugyi Temple is a Theravadin Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar. The temple is recognized as Monument #1589 in the Bagan Archeological Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thatbyinnyu Temple and Tharaba Gate.
Thatbyinnyu Temple
Buddhist temple
The Thatbyinnyu Temple is a Theravadin Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar. The temple is recognized as a monument in the Bagan Archeological Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thatbyinnyu Temple is situated 780 feet south of Shwegu Gyi Phaya.
Tharaba Gate
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tharabha Gate is the only surviving gate of Bagan. The gate is located to the east of the old city. Although the Burmese chronicles assert that the city of Bagan was fortified in 849 CE, radiocarbon dating of evidence dates the foundation of the main walls to c. Tharaba Gate is situated 860 feet northeast of Shwegu Gyi Phaya.
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: amanderson2, CC BY 2.0.
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple; is a Hindu temple located within the ancient city walls of Bagan, Myanmar. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and is the only remaining Hindu temple in the Bagan archaeological zone. Nathlaung Kyaung Temple is situated 860 feet south of Shwegu Gyi Phaya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagan and Myit Chay.
Bagan
Photo: Zaidush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagan is an area and archaeological site in the Central region of Myanmar, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Myit Chay
Town
Myit Chay is a town located in Pakokku Township, Magway Region, Myanmar. It is in the west bank of the Irrawaddy River and directly opposite to the temple town of Bagan. It is a small town where the locals mainly make a living from agriculture. Myit Chay is situated 5 miles north of Shwegu Gyi Phaya.
Shwegu Gyi Phaya
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Also known as: “Shwe Gu Gyi Phaya” and “Shwegugyi Temple”
- Categories: building, tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nyaung-U Township, Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.17081° or 21° 10′ 15″ northLongitude
94.86243° or 94° 51′ 45″ eastOpen location code
7MHP5VC6+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 238140883OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3482701
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Shwegu Gyi Phaya” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား (ပုဂံ)”
- Burmese: “ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား(ပုဂံ)”
- Burmese: “ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား”
- Chinese: “瑞古吉”
- Chinese: “瑞求祇寺”
- French: “Shwegugyi”
- French: “Shwegûgyi”
- German: “Shwegugyi-Tempel”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Shwegugyi”
- Japanese: “シュエグーヂー寺院”
- Thai: “วัดชเวกูจี้”
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