Letwe Thalondaw Dhat Pagoda

The pagoda lies on Nanda Sula Pabbada (Small Delightful Hillock) in the rahu corner of the royal lake in Sittway during the reign of embryo-Buddha King of Lizards. It was first built by King Thiri Dhamma Thoka in Sakarit 222 enshrining the left calf, of the Buddha, put ship-shape by successive kings up to Rakhine king Min Hpalaung (Thiri Thuriya Sanda Maha Raza) In Sakarit 947. It was then about the height of an ox. Disuse after that made it into a.pedigree banyan tree but in 1291, radiation came from the banyan and it made people dig out the tree to rebuild the new pagoda. So the pagoda bore no trace of any fine works adorned by succesive kings Min Saw Mun, Ba Saw Pyu, Min Pin, Min Hpalaung and Min Yaza Gyi. Because it was rebuilt some 60 .years ago and kept historically intact has it been famous as a historic pagoda.