Alodawpauk Pagoda

Alodawpauk Pagoda lies in Nampan Village, Naungshwe Township, southern Shan State. It was one of the 84,000 pagodas built by Thiri Dhamma Thawka the famous king. It was then known as Innphaya Pagoda. King Anawrahta eventually arrived in Innlay and had to rebuild the pagoda as it was left only as the foot of the original pagoda. He consecrated eight more relics of Buddha there. When King Alaungsithu visited the place, he saw, the Alodawpauk Pagoda.

The King made a vow on the jewelled bowl turned down and in the bowl came the relics of Buddha. So King Alungsithu rebuilt the pagoda enshrining the jewelled bowl, a stone obtained from the clouds, a stone obtained from the ivories, a pearl worth a hundred thousand, and all sorts of jewellery, four gold statues and seven silver statues. It was named Yadana Pagoda or Down-turned Bowl Pagoda. King Narapatisithu rebuilt it enshrining eight gold statues, 15 silver statues, and seven pyis of jewels. It was then name Alodawpauk Pagoda. Some said the king had said it would be named Alodawpauk Pagoda. Others say a Bagan king Saw Mon Nit gilded the pagoda from base to top and named it Alodawpauk Pagoda, Be as it may, the pagoda has been renovated by successive kings and so appears resplendent today.