Monywa - Photo Gallery

Copper Factory in Monywa

Buddha Image in Thanboddhay Pagoda

Image of Thanboddhay Sayardaw

View in Thanboddhay Sayardaw prayer hall

Other Sayardaw Images

Inside Thanboddhay Pagoda

Inside Thanboddhay

A sitting Buddha image, inside view of Thanboddhay

Epigraph in Thanboddhay

View in Thanboddhay

Small images of buddhas around the wall

Legend goes that the total number of Buddha images in this pagoda complex is nearly 600,000, or to be exact, 582,363

Closer view of Buddha image

Buddha images in Thanboddhay

A prayer hall of imposing dimensions stand next to the main stupa, amongst many smaller pavilions

Bodhi Tahtaung Pagoda (Meaning Pagodas of 1000 underneath the Bodhi Tree

Landscape view

Another Panoramic View

Lines of Pagodas

Each Image under the umbrella

Closer view of each Image

Stairways to the Reclining Buddha Image

Inside the Reclining Buddha

The cave inside the Image

Closer view of Recilning Buddha Image

Foot of Reclining Buddha Image

This huge image has a hollow cave-like structure inside and you can walk from the head to the feet

Measuring 300 ft in length

Side view of Aung Sakyar Pagoda

A statue of a Nat sitting on top of three elephants

A statue of Buddha sitting on top of three elephants

Raft in Chin Twin River

Women selling Hand-made Local Baskets

Three Buddha Images

A closer view of Buddha Image

Narrow passage between Shwe Ba Hill

Hshutoopan Buddha image

Stone stairways

The figures of Buddha and monks

Pagoda on stone cave

An orge mother

The buildings on the side are carved out of stones

Old statues near the pagoda

Narrow Stairways

Carved names of doners

Entrance and buildings are carved out of stones

Carving on top of temple

More Buddha Images

Carving on top of temple

Narrow pathways

Yan Pyay Man Pyay Pagoda - The elephant shape is also carved out of the walls of the stones

A large water pot with a huge frog at the back

Reclining Buddha Image

Stone stool

The head of the Elephant from stones

The huge yellow frog

Lapidary work on pillars

View in monywa

Stairways to Shweba Taung

Pagodas on Shweba Taung

Map of the borderline of Phowin Taung and Shweba Taung

Monkey at Phowin Taung

Orge statue

Sitting Orge statue

Buddha Image

Ancient Buddha Image

Stone entrances to the caves

Reclining Buddha Image inside the cave

Stone stairways

Stone entrances to the caves

Wall paintings can be seen here at Yan Aung Man Aung Pagoda

Ancient wall painting

Buddha Image and Ancient wall painting

A Tiger at the entrance of the stairways

Stone entrance to the temple

Entrance to the hallway

Carved names of doners

Ancient Architectural designs

Ancient standing Buddha Image

Buddha Images

A lion and a horse images carved on the entrance

Golden Buddha Image

Recilning Buddha Image

Recilning Buddha Image

Buddha Images

Wall painting

Wall painting

Wall painting

Wall painting

A Cave temple on Phowin Taung

Golden Reclining Buddha Image

Ancient standing Buddha Image

Ancient standing Buddha Image

Ancient Buddha Images with the wall paintings at the back

Ancient Buddha Images

Ancient Buddha Image

Wall Painting

Wall Painting

Buddha Images in the cave

Buddha Images in the cave

Ruins of Ancient Buddha Images in the cave

An Ox statue

Ancient reclining Buddha image

Wall painting

Wall painting

Wall painting

Wall painting

A Peakcock image carved on the entrance

A Stone couch

The back of the couch

The Poe Win Taung entrance

People on ferry boat

A Traveller reading a book

Pagodas in Monywa

Colorfully decorated pagodas around

More of Thanboddhay Pagodas

A Monk Statue

Statue of Aung Min Khaung

Pagodas in Monywa

A stone lion statue

Thanboddhay

Entrance to hallway in Thanboddhay compound

Smaller Pagodas in Thanboddhay

The main stupa is surrounded by 845 smaller ones, all of them richly decorated in glass, gild, relief work and a myriad of colours

Thanboddhay Pagoda

Another angle Thanboddhay

The side ways of Thanboddhay

Tower at Bodhi Tahtaung

Small Buddha images embedded in small caves

At the reclining Buddha, is the construction of a Huge Standing Buddha

Aung Sakkya Pagoda,This pagoda is a landmark for the area around Monywa as it can be seen from afar

The second largest Recilning Buddha Image in Myanmar

The second largest Recilning Buddha Image in Myanmar