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Seinnyet Nyima & Seinnyet Ama Paya

Seinnyet Nyima & Seinnyet Ama Paya

info Seinnyet Nyima and Seinnyet Ama Paya (စိမ်းညက်ညီအစ်မ ဘုရား) meaning "The Seinnyet Sisters Pagoda". Nyima meaning younger sister and Ama meaning elder sister. There are two pagodas standing side by side, donated by two sisters of the Bagan monarch.

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Shwegugyi

info Shwegugyi (ရွှေဂူကြီး ဘုရား) is built by Alaungsithu in 1311, this smaller but elegant pahto is an example of the Middle period, a transition in architectural style from the dark and cloistered to the airy and light.

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Bagan Museum

info The new Bagan Museum glorifies the golden age of Burman culture, those 250 years during which thousands of temples were built in and around the Myanmar capital of Bagan. The builders of Bagan apparently reserved brick for religious monuments for nothing remains of the other buildings, that must have been wooden, in this great capital.

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Shwesandaw Pagoda

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info Shwesandaw Pagoda (ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား) was built by King Anawrahta during the late 11th Century.

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Myingyan

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info Myingyan (မြင်းခြံ) is a city and district in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar, previously, it was a district in the Meikhtilar Division of Upper Myanmar. The city has a population of 260,000. It lies in the valley of the Ayeyarwady River, to the south of Mandalay, on the east bank of the river.

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Shwezigon Pagoda

info Shwezigon Pagoda (ရွှေစည်းခုံစေတီ) is situated between the village of Wetkyi-in and Nyaung U.

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Pakkoku

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 info On the other side of the Ayeyarwaddy River, lies this town, near Bagan. Pakkoku (ပခုက္ကူ) is well-known for the production of Tobacco. Other than Tobacco plantation, it also produces palm sugar jaggery, thanakha logs, longyis and blankets called "Anyar Saung". Pakkoku is accessible from Mandalay by car and by ferry boat.

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Sulamani Pagoda

info Sulamani Pagoda (စူဠာမဏိဂူဘုရား) meaning "Crowning Jewel", was built in 1181 by King Narapati Sithu, who reigned from 1174 to 1211.

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Popa

info Inland the country rises in gently undulating slopes. The most noticeable feature is Popa Hill, or the Mt. Popa (ပုပ္ပါးတောင်), an extinct volcano, to the south-east. The highest peak is 1518 metres (4,981 feet) above sea-level. The volcano is known to be extinct since 250,000 years.

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Tharabar Gateway

info Tharabar (သရပါ) is derived from the Pali term “Sarabhanga” meaning “Shield Against Arrows.”

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Salay

info Salay (စလေ) is about 120km from Bagan to the south.

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Thatbyinnyu Pagoda

info Thatbyinnyu Pagoda (သဗ္ဗညုဘုရား) is remarked to be constructed during the mid 12th century and built by King Alaung Sithu.

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Bagan Archaeological Museum

The Bagan Archaeological Museum (ပုဂံပြတိုက်) is the best museum to visit for every traveler to Bagan. 

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Magway

Magway (မကွေး) is the capital of Magway Division.

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