Kyaik-hmaw-wan Midstream Pagoda

Kyaik Hmaw Wan or the Yeylel Pagoda lies in Kyaunktan Township, Yangon Division. In Sakarit 215, King Bawgathena founded the Pada nation. In 238, the king enshrined the sacred hair relic and other relics given him by mentor hermit and built a pagoda seven cubits high on a rock platform chosen by the hermit.

It was called Kyaik-hmyaw Gadaw Pagoda. The tenth king after that, King Twekka Naga enshrined a hair relic and 27 chemical relics he got as gifts from the King of Ceylon, in accord with the eight arahantas from there.

He made vows that

(1) the platform shall never be flooded

(2) the pilgrims visiting there would have enough space on the platform and

(3) the donor the pagoda should enjoy material wealth even in this existence.

These vows are fulfilled and even now, the platform of the pagoda is never flooded and never crowded with visitors.

In 1271, lawyer U Ba Tun and wife Daw Thet Thet built a pagoda to cover the original, to be 34 cubits and to have four entrances. The name of the pagoda has since been Kyaik-hmaw-wun Midstream Pagoda.