The Shwe Indein Pagoda ( my, ရွှေအင်းတိန်စေတီ) is a group of
Buddhist pagodas
A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhism, Buddhist but sometime ...
in the village of Indein, near
Ywama
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, settlement_type = village
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and
Inlay Lake
Inle Lake (, ), a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of , and one of the highest at an elevation of . Du ...
in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
(formerly Burma).
The pagodas were commissioned during the reign of King
Narapatisithu
Narapati Sithu ( my, နရပတိ စည်သူ, ; also Narapatisithu, Sithu II or Cansu II; 1138–1211) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1174 to 1211. He is considered the last important king of Pagan. His peaceful and p ...
. However, tradition holds that they were built by King
Ashoka (known in Burmese as ''Dhammasoka'' ), and renewed by King
Anawrahta. However, there is no archaeological evidence to support this theory.
Photo gallery
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Inle-See-In Dein-22-Pagodenwald-gje.jpg
Inle-See-In Dein-26-Pagodenwald-gje.jpg
Inle-See-In Dein-52-Hti-gje.jpg
Inle-See-In Dein-60-Pagodenwald-gje.jpg
Inle-See-In Dein-66-Waechter-gje.jpg
Inle-See-In Dein-68-Stupabasis-gje.jpg
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Buildings and structures in Shan State
13th-century Buddhist temples
Pagodas in Myanmar
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