Kyaikpun Pagoda ( ;Kyaik (Buddha) & Pon (Four) my, ကျိုက်ပွန်ဘုရား, ), is a pagoda in Bago,

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 Wells explai ...

. Most notably, Kyaik Pun Pagoda is the home to the Four Seated Buddha shrine, a statue depicting the four Buddhas namely Kakusandha, Konagamana, Kassapa, and

Gautama Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...

seated in four positions, sitting back to back to four directions. According to tradition, the Four Seated Buddha was built by King Migadippa of Bago the 7th Century AD. It was renovated by King

Dhammazedi Dhammazedi ( my, ဓမ္မစေတီ, ; c. 1409–1492) was the 16th king of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in Burma from 1471 to 1492. Considered one of the most enlightened rulers in Burmese history, by some accounts call him "the greatest" of al ...

in the late 15th century.

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Image:KyaikPunBuddha.jpg, Photographs of Kyaik Pun Paya Buddha

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Pagodas in Myanmar 15th-century Buddhist temples {{Myanmar-stub