Bago

A selection of pictures of Bago, a town in lower Myanmar about one hour by car from Yangon. Bago was originally founded in 573 AD as a Mon outpost. Its golden age came between 1385 and 1635, when it was the capital of the Mon kingdom of lower Myanmar. Bago's main attraction is the huge Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha as well as its beautiful pagodas.


01 Taukkyan war cemetery	02 Kyaikpun pagoda	03 Kyaikpun pagoda	04 Kyaikpun pagoda


05 Kyaikpun pagoda	06 Mahazedi pagoda	07 Mahazedi pagoda	08 Mahazedi pagoda	09 Mahazedi pagoda


10 Shwethalyuang reclining Buddha statue	11 Cheroots	12 Cheroot manufacture	13 Shwemawdaw pagoda	14 Shwemawdaw pagoda


15 Bell	16 Shwemawdaw pagoda	17 Shwemawdaw pagoda	18 Burmese style temple in Shwemawdaw pagoda	19 Burmese style temple in Shwemawdaw pagoda	20 Shwemawdaw pagoda


21 Shwemawdaw pagoda	22 Shwemawdaw pagoda	23 Shwemawdaw pagoda	24 Hin Thar Kone Pagoda


25 Buddha statues	26 Buddha statues	27 Other pagoda

Other Myanmar galleries: Yangon ▪ Pyay ▪ Golden Rock ▪ Mandalay ▪ Bagan ▪ Mount Popa ▪ Lake Inle ▪ Pindaya ▪ Landscapes ▪ Myanmar Villages and Towns ▪ Ayeyarwady River ▪ Agriculture in Myanmar ▪ Myanmar Roads and Highways ▪ People in Myanmar ▪ Burmese Food

Categories: Tourist attractions ▪ Buddhist architecture ▪ Cities ▪ Temples ▪ Buddhism

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