The Shwesandaw Pagoda, or Shwesandaw Paya, ( my, ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား; ) is a Buddhist
Stupa in
Twante Township
Twante Township also Twantay Township ( my, တွံတေး မြို့နယ်, ) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administr ...
,
south of
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
region,
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 ...
. It is one of the popular tourist destination and also pilgrimage site for
Buddhists as it is said to contain a couple of the Buddha's hairs and its name means Golden Hair Relic.
See also
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Shwesandaw Pagoda (Bagan)
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Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay)
The Shwesandaw Pagoda, or Shwesandaw Paya ( my, ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား, ) is a Buddhism, Buddhist Burmese pagoda, pagoda in the center of Pyay, Burma. It is one of the more important Buddhist pilgrimage locations in Burm ...
References
Pagodas in Myanmar
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