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

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bago and Thanatpin.
or Pegu, formerly Hanthawaddy, is the capital…
Town
is a town in , , in .
6 miles southeast of 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
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Shwemawdaw Paya” goes by many names.
ရွှေမော ဓောBurmese
ရွှေမောဓောစေတီBurmese
ရွှေမောဓောဘုရားBurmese
ရွှေမော်ဓောဘုရား(ပဲခူး)Burmese
瑞摩屠宝塔Chinese
瑞摩屠寶塔Chinese
瑞毛杜塔Chinese
Pagoda ShwemawdawItalian
シュエモードー・パゴダJapanese
シュエモードー・パヤーJapanese
شیمدو پایاPersian
Pagoda ShwemawdawSlovenian
சவேமாவதாவ் அடுக்குத் தூபிTamil
เจดีย์ชเวมอดอThai
ชเวมอดอThai
พระธาตุมุเตาThai
พระมหาธาตุเจดีย์ชเวมอดอThai
พระมุเตาThai
มุเตาThai
Chùa ShwemawdawVietnamese

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