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Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay)

Coordinates: 18°49′06″N 95°13′16″E / 18.818220°N 95.221086°E / 18.818220; 95.221086
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Shwesandaw Pagoda
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
CountryMyanmar
Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay) is located in Myanmar
Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay)
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates18°49′06″N 95°13′16″E / 18.818220°N 95.221086°E / 18.818220; 95.221086

The Shwesandaw Pagoda, or Shwesandaw Paya (Burmese: ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား, pronounced [ʃwè sʰàɰ̃dɔ̀ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist pagoda in the center of Pyay, Burma. It is one of the more important Buddhist pilgrimage locations in Burma. It is said to contain a couple of the Lord Buddha's hairs, as its name means Golden Hair Relic.

During the full moon day of Tabodwe, Shwesandaw Pagoda holds a miphon pwe (မီးဖုန်းပွဲ), whereby worshippers light bonfires using Sesbania cannabina as tinder.[1]

References

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  1. ^ မို့မို့ (2 November 2017). "ပြည်မြို့၏ တပို့တွဲလပြည့် ညံရိုးပူဇော်ပွဲ၊ ထမနဲပွဲနှင့် ဖိုးဦးတောင်ပွဲတော်". ကြေးမုံ.