The Hinthagon Pagoda is located just behind the famous Shwemawdaw Pagoda of Bago. It has good views over Bago City from the hilltop. This pagoda is believed to be the tiny-spot of legendary source, that hillock is decorated with small shrine and the symbolic figure of the female Hansa bird perching on the back of the male one. Since Bago comprises of the Hintha or Hansa Bird, this place is named as the Hillock of the Hansa Birds.

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