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Sagaing

This photo gallery contains a selection of pictures of Sagaing, a former capital which lies on the right bank of the Ayeyarwady. Founded in by Athinkhaya Sawyun, a Shan chieftain, in 1315 it was the Shan capital until 1364, when Ava was founded. Nowadays Sagaing is widely regarded as the religious centre of Myanmar. The Sagaing hill is covered with around 600 pagodas in which more than 3000 monks reside.


01 Kaunghmudaw pagoda	02 Kaunghmudaw pagoda	03 Kaunghmudaw pagoda	04 Kaunghmudaw pagoda	05 Kaunghmudaw pagoda


06 Au Min Thone Sae pagoda	07 Gate	08 Bus	09 Path to U Min Thone Sae pagoda	10 U Min Thone Sae pagoda


11 U Min Thone Sae pagoda	12 U Min Thone Sae pagoda	13 U Min Thone Sae pagoda	14 U Min Thone Sae pagoda	15 View from U Min Thone Sae pagoda	16 View from the U Min Thone Sae pagoda


17 Flame of the Forest tree	18 Sagaing hill pagoda	19 Pon Nya Shin pagoda	20 Pon Nya Shin pagoda

21 View over Sagaing hill


22 View	23 Another Sagaing hill pagoda


24 Pon Nya Shin pagoda	25 Pon Nya Shin pagoda	26 Pon Nya Shin pagoda

Other Mandalay galleries: Amarapura ▪ Mahagandhayon Monastery ▪ Ava ▪ Mandalay Town ▪ Mingun ▪ Snake Temple

Categories: Hills ▪ Historical sites ▪ Tourist attractions ▪ Buddhist architecture ▪ Temples ▪ Religious sites ▪ Buddhism

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