There are numerous tourist attractions in Monywa, a city in central Myanmar on the eastern banks of the Chindwin river. Monywa is a major trade center as well as the location of important tourism sites in the country. These tourist attractions in Myanmar are very well connected by efficient transportation system in Myanmar. Besides there is a wide variety of accommodation in Monywa facilitating a comfortable and secure Monywa tours.
The Thanboddhay Pagoda in Monywa are among the most prominent of Monywa Tourist Attractions. It is a pagoda complex located in Upper Myanmar and is set in a marvelous combination glass mosaic, spires, gild and relief work. A pair of white elephants are symbolically placed to guard the gates of the pagoda. There are many significant Budhha images of various sizes that adorns the walls of this structure along with a magnificent prayer hall. The compound of the Thanboddhay Pagoda has a large square pool with a variety of fishes and turtles which is a common feature in many pagodas.
Monywa Tours also bring the tourist to the Bodhi Tahtaung and Po Khaung Taung in Monywa which can be reached from the Thanboddhay Pagoda by car and consists of a range of hills where you will observe some of the largest Buddha images that are available in the world. The main statue measures upto 60 ft. in height and has about a thousand Bodhi trees under each of which there are Buddha statues. The Aung Sakkya Pagoda in Monywa is 441.75 ft. in height. This pagoda is an important tourist site in the area around Monywa and is surrounded by 1,060 smaller satellite pagodas which contains over a thousand sacred images of Lord Buddha.
Monywa Travel reveals that the Pho Win Hill are one of the oldest hills in human civilization and to its south west lies Pon Duang Pon Nya mountain ranges which have revealed excavations of Pontaung Mon fossilised remains over 30 million years ago. Apart from this facts about Monywa also points out the Shwe Ba Hill and the Shwe Gu Ni Pagoda in Monywa as two of the primary tourist attractions in Monywa. It has impressively built pavilions which are cut from the surrounding limestone and are filled with plain Budhha images. The Chindwin river flows near the Shwe Ba hill along the western bank. Besides there are temples and caves engraved out of volcanic rocks with 13 century as well as 18 th century mural paintings.
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