Shwemawdaw Paya Bago

... 's face. We spent some time snapping pics and talking with a group of monks that we'd met the night before at the Shwemawdaw Paya. Then we had a wander through a neighboring village to see some longyi weavers in action. We got called over for a cuppa ...

This is a simple yet famous monastry in Bago, not a very grand one with multiple pagodas but simple and plain. Legend has it that around 26 years ago, the caretaker of this pagoda, a buddhist monk had a dream one night and in that dream, a serpent came ...

... referred as the Golden God Temple. At 114 m / 375 ft in height, Shwe Maw Daw holds the record for the tallest pagoda in Myanmar. Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is only 98 m / 321.5 ft tall. Shwe Maw Daw, along with the Shwedagon and Kyaiktiyo, are famous ...

... share of blissed out Buddha's and bejewelled temples than any other town its size in southern Mayanmar.  It has a Pagoda at Shwemawdaw Paya that is 46 feet higher than Shweedagon in Yangon. Built in 982 AD. The prettiest Pagoda in ...

... are really impressive, covered with plenty of gold. Also, this place is the place of superlatives: We visited Shwemawdaw paya, the tallest pagoda in Myanmar, and also the Shwethalyaung Buddha, which isn't the largest, but a a very big reclining Buddha. ...

... true but ok. Then to Hintha Gon Paya with great views over Bago. Then the snake temple, where the snake is 190 years old. Shwemawdaw Paya is 14m higher than the one in Yangon and in 1917 a piece fell off when the earthquake hit. The picture is ...