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Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar
Myo Daung Pagoda
မြို့ထောင့်စေတီ
Mawdaw Myintha "Myo Daung" Pagoda
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
LocationShwebo, Myanmar
Architecture
FounderAlaungpaya
Completed1758

The Mawdaw Myintha Pagoda (Burmese: မော်ဓောမြင်သာစေတီ; commonly known as Myo Daung Pagoda or Myo Daunt Pagoda (မြို့ထောင့်စေတီ)) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Shwebo, Myanmar. Located five kilometers northeast of Shwebo, the pagoda was modeled after the Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago. It was founded by King Alaungpaya, who commissioned the construction of the pagoda after his May 1757 conquest of the city. Construction took ten months.

References

  1. "ရွှေဘိုမြို့မှ မော်ဓောမြင်သာမြို့ထောင့်စေတီတော်" (in Burmese).
  2. "ရွှေဘိုရှိ မြို့ထောင့်စေတီဘုရားပွဲတော် စည်ကားသိုက်မြိုက်စွာ ကျင်းပနေ" (in Burmese).
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