Pagodas in Myanmar

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Shwedagon in Yangon

Pagoda in Burma/Myanmar - Pagoda is called Paya in Burma/Myanmar. Myanmar majority 90% is Theravada Buddhism. In all parts of the country where the Burmese people live there are pagodas and Buddhist monasteries. The graceful tapering shape of a pagoda painted white or gilded to a shining gold, is a basic part of any Burmese landscape. Burma is often called the 'Land of Pagodas'. Following are some pagodas list.

Yangon (formerly Rangoon)
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sule Pagoda
- Botahtaung Pagoda
- Kabar Aye Pagoda
- Chauk Htat Kyi
- Koe Htat Kyi
- Mae Lamu Pagoda
- Kyauktawgyi
- Kyaikkalo and Kyaikkalei

Kuthodaw

Mandalay is a cultural and religious center of Buddhism, having many monasteries and more than 700 pagodas.
- Mahamuni Buddha
- Shwenandaw Monastery
- Kuthodaw Pagoda
- Sandamuni
- Shwe Kyi Myin
- Atumashi Kyaung Pagoda
- Kyauktawgyi Paya Pagoda
- Mandalay Hill

Bagan Pagodas

Bagan (formerly Pagan). UNESCO has long tried unsuccessfully to designate Bagan as a World Heritage Site due to many ancient pagodas.
- Ananda Temple
- Thatbyinnyu Temple
- Shwegugyi Temple
- Gawdawpalin Temple
- Pahtothamya Temple
- Bupaya Pagoda
- Mahabodhi Temple
- Shwesandaw Pagoda
- Tharabha Gate
- Sulamani Temple
- Dhammayangyi Temple
- Mingalazedi Pagoda

Nyaung U & Wetkyi-in
- Shwezigon Pagoda
- Htilominlo Temple
- Gubyaukgyi Temple
- Manuha Temple
- Nagayon Temple
- Gubyaukgyi Temple
- Seinnyet Nyima Paya & Seinnyet Ama Pahto
- Lawkananda Pagoda
- Leimyethna Temple
- Dhammayazika Pagoda

Around Bagan
- Mount Popa

Mawlamyaing (formerly Moulmein)
- Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

Mrauk U
- Andaw Temple
- Shitthaung Temple
- Htukkanthein Temple
- Koethaung Pagoda
- Pitakataik
- Laymyetnha Pagoda
- Shwe Daung Pagoda
- Archaeological Museum