Category: Mon State

Yogo Pagoda lies in Yogo Monastery. Yogo Village. Mudon Township. Mon State. Buddha was on sojourn to Sri Lanka when he granted two hair relics for Hermit Gona. One of them was granted to the guardian of the hill Bandaya who enshrined it in the pagoda. It was known as Gona Pagoda. Later. it became […]

The Hump Pagoda was built by Hermit Teiktha. who built the Kyaik Hti Yo Pagoda. He built it in Sakarit 47. five years earlier than Kyaik Hti Yo. Its structure was unique in that it was composed of three rocks in a row. It is about four miles from Kyonka village. Paung Township. Mon State. […]

U Khanti Pagoda lies in the grand tazaung between Aung Naing Gon Pagoda and the south Zina Manaung Pagoda. at the (highest) central portion of Naga Witha Range that has the shape of a serpant east of Mawlamyine. It was built by Hermit U Khanti of Mandalay Hill. at the sponsorship of U Ah Khoi-Daw […]

In the early centuries of the Christian era the Mons were settled in the region between the Sittaung and Salween(Thanlwin) rivers which was known as the Mon kingdom of Ramanyadesa. Thaton. the seat of this kingdom was also known as Suvannabhumi or the Golden Land. which also applies to the whole region of continental south-east […]

Thanbyuzayat – or “tin shelter” is 30 kms south of Mawlamyine. It was the western terminus of the infamous Burma-Siam Railway. dubbed the ”death railway” by the thousands of Allied prisoners of war (and Asians who were forced by the Japanese military to build it.   A kilometer west of the clock tower in the […]

Shwebontha Pagoda lies in Kyaikkaw village. Thein Seik Circle. Thaton Township. Mon State. Buddha came to Thuwunna Bhumi in Sakarit 111 at the request of Arahanta Gawunpati Hermit. Buddha gave two hair relics that were enshrined in the pagoda. They were granted to King Thiha Yaza. On 15th waning moon day of Kason. Sakarit 1 […]

Shwe Saryan Pagoda was built by King Thuriya Sanda. and believed to have enshrined eight hair relics of Kakusana Buddha. the staff of Gonaguna Buddha. the emerald alms bowl of Kassapa Buddha and four tooth relics of Gautama Buddha. in addition to gold images. It was built on Thuna Pranta Hill. Gautama Buddha arrived in […]

It lies 24 km south of Kyaikkami and 16 km south-west of Thanbyuzayut. Mon State. It is a very wide. brown-sand beach that tends toward tidal flats when the shallow surf-line recedes at low tide. The beach is lined by waving casuarinas trees. Vendors sell fresh young coconuts full of juice. and restaurants serve seafood. […]

The Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda lies near the big Hlay-hlaw-kan Lake. Nankhe Ward. Thaton. Mon State. It was built King Dhamma Pala of Thaton in Sasana Sakarit 942 In Sakarit 930. Mon monk named Ashin Maha Buddha Gosa went to western Sri Lanka and copied Buddha’s preachings. the Three Pitakas and Five ikais in Pali and […]

In Mudon. the world’s Largest reclining Buddha Image has been constructing at Win Sein Taw Ya Forest. situated 29 km south of Mawlamyine. The Buddha Image is named as Zinathuka Yan Aung Chantha. which has a length of 400 feet (= 180 m). and inside the image is 182 rooms in 8 storeys. It has […]