Very venerated shrines are around Mandalay.
In the hills at the other side of the Irrawaddy and at the east side including Amarapura are countless beautiful religious monuments which have been built over more than thousand years.
Here the old cities of Myanmar Kings had been built that includes Shwebo around 100 km to the north and the famous Mingun Pagoda a bit upstream also on the other side of the river. This is Mandalay and real Burmese Days.
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| Mingun Pagoda |
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| Mingun Pagoda Entrance |
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| Oxcart behind the shrines |
King Bodawpaya had a great idea he wanted to build the biggest pagoda with 150m height. Unfortunately for him he he run out of money because of his continuous war in Arakan today Rakhine. The work was stopped 1797 and in 1838 an earthquake damaged even the first 50 meters. He died in 1813 with 75 leaving 122 children plus 208 grand children.
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| Mingun Pagoda and Irrawaddy River |
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| Beautiful Shrine Opposite Mandalay |
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| Settawya Pagoda and Temple built under Bodawpaya in 1811 |
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| Settawya Pagoda |
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| Buddhist nuns at market |
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