Monywa

Monywa

Located 137 kilometers from Mandalay on the east bank of the Chindwin River, Monywa is the second largest city in Upper Myanmar. The area boasts significant sites such as the Po Win Taung cave temples, the magnificent reclining Buddha of Shwetharlyaung, and the Thanboddhay Pagoda. Monywa is particularly famous for the Bodhitahtaung pagoda is particularly renowned for its unique and stunning feature: one thousand Buddha images gracefully positioned among one thousand sacred Bodhi trees.