Okshit Hla Pagoda

Okshit Hla Pagoda lies between Ward 3 and Ward 7 in Nyaungdon, Maubin District, Ayeyarwady Division. It was built by Okshit Hla Mai, the queen of regent Thiha Thura Maha Dhamma Yaza in the year 783. It was said that Thama Dewa the king of nats gave her and her brother four Buddha relics apiece to be enshrined in their hair.

When Okshit Hla Mai was taken by Thiha Thura Maha Dhamma Yaza, she found it most difficult to keep the relics in her hair. So she asked for permission to build a pagoda to enshrine the relics. The prince gave her permission to do so. Thence the name Okshit Hla Pagoda. The pagoda is 139 feet one inch in height, including 16 feet 9 inches from the diamond bud to the umbrella, IS feet S inches of plantain bud, 10 feet tender lotus, 14 feet 8 inches of lotuses upturned and downtumed, and 82 feet from the emboss to die ground. The base is 100 feet in the south, north and west and 99 feet in the east.