Shwezigon Pagoda

The royal Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya is a Buddhist located in , . A prototype of Burmese , it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines.
Wikipedia
Photo: DIMMIS, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Htilominio Temple and Ananda Pahto Temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Htilominlo Temple is a located in , 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. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The Ananda Temple, located in , is a 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. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The is a located in the village of Minnanthu in . The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu, and is similar to the in design. is situated 2½ miles south of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Myit Chay and Bagan.

Town
is a town located in , , Myanmar. It is in the west bank of the and directly opposite to the temple town of . It is a small town where the locals mainly make a living from agriculture. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Photo: Zaidush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area and archaeological site in the region of , inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Shwezigon Pagoda

Latitude
21.19532° or 21° 11′ 43″ north
Longitude
94.89389° or 94° 53′ 38″ east
Open location code
7MHP5VWV+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 268276067
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data 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.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

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.