🏯 Setkyathiha Pagoda

Myanmar · Asia · 21.98°N, 96.08°E

Setkyathiha Pagoda is a notable pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. It is known for a large bronze image of the Buddha cast by King Bagyidaw in Inwa just before the beginning of the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1824. The image was moved to Amarapura in 1852 when the Second Anglo-Burmese War broke out, and to Mandalay in 1885 when the Third Anglo-Burmese War started. The pagoda was built in 1884, located south of Zegyo Market on the eastern bank of the Shwetachaung Canal.

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Quick facts

Country	Myanmar
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	21.98°N, 96.08°E · view on map

Setkyathiha Pagoda is located in Myanmar, in Asia.

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Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda · Bawbawgyi Pagoda · Bupaya Pagoda · Dhammayazika Pagoda · Hsinbyume Pagoda · Kaunghmudaw Pagoda · Kuthodaw Pagoda · Kyaikhtisaung Pagoda · Kyaiktiyo Pagoda · Kyauksein Pagoda.

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