Pyay (former known as Prome)

Located 286 kilometers north of Yangon along the Irrawaddy River, a five-hour drive from Yangon. Pyay is the starting point for the ancient capital of the Thayekittaya World Heritage Site, Pyay, and was the Pyu capital of Myanmar from the 5th to 9th centuries.The Shwe Myat Man Pagoda’s Buddha image which is wearing spectacles is famous.