Shwezigon Pagoda
The royal Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. A prototype of Burmese stupas, it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines.Photo: DIMMIS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Htilominio Temple and Ananda Pahto Temple.
Htilominio Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Htilominlo Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo, 1211–1231. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres, and built with red brick. Htilominio Temple is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.
Ananda Pahto Temple
Buddhist temple
The Ananda Temple, located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty. The temple layout is cruciform with several terraces leading to a small pagoda at the top covered by an umbrella known as hti, which is the name of the umbrella or top ornament found in almost all pagodas in Myanmar. Ananda Pahto Temple is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.
Sulamani Temple
Buddhist temple
The Sulamani Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu in Myanmar. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu, and is similar to the Thatbyinnyu Temple in design. Sulamani Temple is situated 2½ miles south of Shwezigon Pagoda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagan.
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.
Shwezigon Pagoda
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple near Bagan, Myanmar
- Categories: pagoda, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nyaung-U Township, Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.19532° or 21° 11′ 43″ northLongitude
94.89389° or 94° 53′ 38″ eastOpen location code
7MHP5VWV+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 268276067OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2747222
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Shwezigon Pagoda from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Shwezigon Pagoda” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရွှေစည်းခုံ စေတီတော်”
- Burmese: “ရွှေစည်းခုံစေတီတော်(ပုဂံ)”
- Burmese: “ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား”
- Chinese: “瑞喜宫佛塔”
- Chinese: “瑞喜宮佛塔”
- Chinese: “瑞喜宮塔寺”
- Chinese: “瑞西光塔”
- Chinese: “瑞西貢佛塔”
- Chinese: “瑞西贡佛塔”
- Finnish: “Shwezigonin pagodi”
- Finnish: “Shwezigonin stupa”
- French: “pagode Shwezigon”
- French: “Pagode Shwezigon”
- German: “Shwezigon-Pagode”
- Hebrew: “פגודת שווזיגון”
- Italian: “Pagoda di Shwezigon”
- Japanese: “シュエズィーゴン・パゴダ”
- Korean: “쉐지곤파고다”
- Portuguese: “Pagode de Shwezigon”
- Portuguese: “Shwezigon”
- Slovenian: “Pagoda Shwezigon”
- Slovenian: “Pagoda Švezigon”
- Tamil: “சிவேஜிகன் தூபி”
- Tatar: “Швезигон пагодасы”
- Thai: “เจดีย์ชเวซี่โกน”
- Thai: “เจดีย์ชเวซี่โคน”
- Thai: “พระมหาธาตุเจดีย์ชเวสิกอง”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Shwezigon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include စေတီ and စေတီ.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as ေရႊစည္းခံု ဘုရား-၁ and Aung Yadana.
Myanmar: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Naypyidaw, Yangon, Mandalay, and Bagan.
Curious Buddhist Temples to Discover
Uncover intriguing Buddhist temples from every corner of the globe.