Shwemawdaw Paya

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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  • Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist pagoda in Bago, Myanmar
  • Also known as
    “Shwemawdaw Pagoda”
    “ရွှေမောဓော ဘုရား”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kanbawzathadi Palace and Hintha Gon Pagoda.

Museum
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is a palace in Bago, . is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Shwemawdaw Paya.

Buddhist temple
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The is a major Buddhist shrine located in , in the of Myanmar. is situated 2,900 feet east of Shwemawdaw Paya.

Buddhist temple
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The Shwethalyaung Temple is a on the west side of Bago, Myanmar. is situated 2½ miles west of Shwemawdaw Paya.

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 Paya.

Shwemawdaw Paya

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Latitude
17.33646° or 17° 20′ 11″ north
Longitude
96.49657° or 96° 29′ 48″ east
Open location code
7M9R8FPW+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 410092154
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q4925986

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Shwemawdaw Paya” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမော ဓော”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမောဓော”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမောဓောစေတီ”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမောဓောဘုရား(ပဲခူး)”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမောဓောဘုရား”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေမော်ဓောဘုရား(ပဲခူး)”
  • Chinese: “瑞摩屠宝塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞摩屠寶塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞毛杜塔”
  • Italian: “Pagoda Shwemawdaw”
  • Japanese: “シュエモードー・パゴダ”
  • Japanese: “シュエモードー・パヤー”
  • Persian: “شیمدو پایا”
  • Slovenian: “Pagoda Shwemawdaw”
  • Tamil: “சவேமாவதாவ் அடுக்குத் தூபி”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ชเวมอดอ”
  • Thai: “ชเวมอดอ”
  • Thai: “พระธาตุมุเตา”
  • Thai: “พระมหาธาตุเจดีย์ชเวมอดอ”
  • Thai: “พระมุเตา”
  • Thai: “มุเตา”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Shwemawdaw”

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