Sun U Ponnyashin Pagoda
Sun U Ponnya Shin Pagoda ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီ | |
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![]() A young monk at Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin pagoda | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
Location | |
Location | Sagaing, Myanmar |
Country | Myanmar |
![]() ![]() Location within Myanmar | |
Geographic coordinates | 21°54′06″N 95°59′32″E / 21.901691°N 95.992302°ECoordinates: 21°54′06″N 95°59′32″E / 21.901691°N 95.992302°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | U Ponnya |
Sun U Ponnya Shin (ဆွမ်းဦး ပုညရှင်စေတီ) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Sagaing, Myanmar.[1][2] The pagoda was purportedly founded in 1312 by Ponnya, a junior minister at the court of King Thihathu of Myinsaing–Pinya. The pagoda is located at the top of the second highest mountain in Sagaing, called Ponnya Shin Hill.
References[]
- ^ "ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီဘုရားသမိုင်း" (in Burmese).
- ^ "ဆွမ်းဦး ပုညရှင်စေတီ လုံးတော်ပြည့် ရွှေသင်္ကန်းကပ်လှူပူဇော်မှု ရာနှုန်း ၉၀ ပြီးစီ" (in Burmese).
Categories:
- Pagodas in Myanmar