Swan Oo Ponnya Shin (ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီတော်) 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.
| Swan Oo 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°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | U Ponnya |
References
edit- ^ "ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီဘုရားသမိုင်း" (in Burmese).
- ^ "ဆွမ်းဦး ပုညရှင်စေတီ လုံးတော်ပြည့် ရွှေသင်္ကန်းကပ်လှူပူဇော်မှု ရာနှုန်း ၉၀ ပြီးစီ" (in Burmese).