Sun U Ponnyashin Pagoda

Buddhist Pagoda in Sagaing City, Myanmar

21°54′06″N 95°59′32″E / 21.901691°N 95.992302°E / 21.901691; 95.992302ArchitectureFounderU Ponnya

Swan Oo Ponnya Shin (ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီတော်) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Sagaing, Myanmar.^[1]^[2] The pagoda was purportedly founded in 1312 by Ponnya, a junior minister at the court of King Thihathu of Myinsaing–Pinya. The pagoda is located at the top of the second highest mountain in Sagaing, called Ponnya Shin Hill.

References

^ "ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီဘုရားသမိုင်း" (in Burmese).
^ "ဆွမ်းဦး ပုညရှင်စေတီ လုံးတော်ပြည့် ရွှေသင်္ကန်းကပ်လှူပူဇော်မှု ရာနှုန်း ၉၀ ပြီးစီ" (in Burmese).

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Shan State

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