Shwezigon Pagoda

Shwezigon Pagoda Bagan

Among the classic Myanmar pagodas is the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan one of the real highlights.

The Shwezigon pagoda at Bagan can only be matched by the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. The name Shwezigon means (golden Land of Victory) and the pagoda was built from 1084 to 1112. The proportions and the nature of the decorations are in the classic Bagan Pagoda style.

The Shwezigon Pagoda as well as other upper Myanmar or Burma pagoda , the massive proportions are characteristic. The Shwezigon Pagoda is the most venerated Pagoda in Bagan and together with the Maha Muni Temple at Mandalay the greatest Buddhist pagodas in central Myanmar and northern Myanmar.

The Shwezigon pagoda has lots of different pagoda features and functions. The pagoda is not only a Buddhist religion monument but also supplies employment for plenty of Bagan people at the Shwezigon pagoda platform.

In the covered alleys approaching to the Shwezigon pagoda are dozens of shops selling all kind of pagoda related items and other things for the pilgrims. Similar venerated pagodas in Myanmar are the Kyaiktyio pagoda south east of Yangon and the Shwedagon pagoda at Yangon.

The Shwezigon pagoda is definitely one the highlights of Myanmar and Bagan.

The Shwezigon is the only Pagoda in Bagan who is covered from top to bottom with gold leaf and gold plates. Shwezigon Pagoda has a high of about 50 m apart of the shining golden bell.

The Shwezigon and other Myanmar pagodas stand with a expressive silhouette and are for a viewing distance calculated from the average.

In contrast, in small niches on the Shwezigon wall substructure are attached with glazed relief with scenes from the Jatakas only visible if the viewer has a close look.
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As in other temples ensembles the platform of the Shwezigon is encircled with numerous shrines, a colorful conglomeration of buildings

Shwezigon Pagoda

of different kind of form and determination.

Magnificent wood carving in shrines with multilevel tazaung shelter pilgrims and Monks.

One of the Shwezigon Pagoda pavilions houses sculptures of the 37 most important Burmese or Myanmar Nats. In a other small pavilion are venerated images of three marine Nats.

Characteristic for the Shwezigon and other stupas and pagodas in Myanmar or Burma is their silhouette. The clear geometric forms and the bright color or their sparkling gold exterior remove them from the landscape significantly, so they can be seen from dozens of kilometers afar.

Shwezigon Pagoda Wood Carving

Shwezigon Pagoda Nat

Shwezigon sitting Gold Buddha Statue

Shwezigon sitting Buddha Statue and wood carving

	Shwezigon Pagoda Detail 2	Shwezigon sitting Buddha Statue
	Shwezigon Pagoda Bagan seen from the Irrawaddy river

Shwezigon Pagoda Door

Shwezigon Pagoda

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