Mandalay division
Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery
This is a brick-and-stucco monastery built by the Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw for her royal abbot (Nyaung Gan Sayadaw) in 1818. Monasteries were normally…
Me Nu Brick Monastery
The beautiful brick monastery which was erected in 1818 by Nanmadaw Me Nu, chief queen of King Bagyidaw (1819-1837) in Innwa, had an epitome of…
Watch Tower
The Leaning Tower of Inwa is 27 meter (90 feet) high masonry Watch Tower, the Nan Myint. It is that remains of the palace built…
Ananda Temple
The Ananda Temple is one of the four main temples remaining in Bagan. The structure is considered to be one of the most surviving masterpiece…
Ananda Oakkyaung
The Ananda Oakkyaung Monastery is located in Old Bagan. It was built during A.D 1137. Ananda Okkyaung Monastery simply meaning Brick Monastery. This is situated…
Sutaungpyi Pagoda
The pagoda and its ancillary pavilion are located near the top of Mandalay Hill, the holy hill from which the Buddha reportedly predicted that a…
Thatbyinnyu Temple
The Thatbyinnyu Temple is among one of the four significant monuments in Bagan. The temple is towering above the other monuments of Bagan, the magnificence…
Mandalay Palace
The Royal Mandalay Palace is located between 12th street and 26th street, in the heart of Mandalay city. Mandalay Palace was the first palace to…
Gadawtpalin Temple
The Gadawtpalin Temple is located about 3 miles south of the Bu Pagoda on the bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River. It is about 180 feet…
Shweinbin Monastery
The Shweinbin Monastery is located at the southwest corner of Mandalay City. This attractive monastery built in traditional Burmese fashion is one of the few…
Bu Paya or Bu Pagoda
The Bu Paya means the “a gourd shape pagoda”. The legend says, the third king of Bagan, Pyusawhti (AD 162-243), got rid of the gourd-like…
Shwe Kyi Myin Monastery
The Myanmar chronicles say that this Pagoda was built by Min Shin Saw, the eldest son of King Alaung Sithu of Bagan(A.D 1112-1167). Having fallen…