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Visit Shwezigon Pagoda (golden stupa). It is one of magnificence and wondrous interior spaces attract Myanmar's most venerated since it enshrines a pilgrims and tourists from all over. cornucopia of Buddha relics, including the Buddha's frontlet bone obtained by King Mahabodhi Temple inspired by the Mahabodhi at Anawrahta, his collarbone from Sri Kshetra, and a Bodh Gaya in India was built during the reign of duplicate of the Tooth of Kandy from Sri Lanka. King Nantaungmya (1211 – 1234). Temples of this Anawrahta began construction of this temple to nature only appeared during the Late Bagan fuse indigenous nat worship with his new-found period and the Mahabodhi is the only one of this faith. The project was finished by subsequent kings style in Bagan. after Anawrahta was gored to death by a mad bull in 1077. Shwezigon Pagoda is also the first major Enjoy a horse cart ride through the villages. The monument built in Burmese, rather than the earlier horse cart is still one of the most important modes Mon style, and the first pagoda to have nat images of transportation for the Bagan people. allowed within its precincts. The Shwezigon was a prototype for many later Burmese stupas. Complete your day watching the sunset over the Ayeyarwaddy River from Bupaya or Shwe Sandaw Also visit Ananda Pagoda, considered the Pagoda. masterpiece of Mon architecture. The Ananda Temple is most representative of Early Period Bagan Overnight: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort architecture. The Ananda Temple’s exterior – Deluxe Garden View Room