Tagaung Mingala Zeditaw

Myanmar (Burma)


This pagoda is centred on a graceful stupa that sweeps inward from a wide, whitewashed base to a gleaming silver superstructure. There's also a new giant reclining-buddha image in the compound. It's about 2 miles south of the city centre.

Look for the small squirrel sculpture extending from the western side of the upper stupa, representing a previous life of the Buddha as a squirrel.


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