Monywa

Monywa is a city of Sagaing division situated on the eastern bank of the Chindwin river. It lies 136km north-west of Mandalay, 3 hours drive.

Sights Interest

 

 Mohnyin Than-Bod-Dhay Pagoda

• Bo-Dhi-Ta-Htaung - One thousands Bo-Dhi tree with Buddha images, 95 metres long Reclining Buddha image, 129 metres(including pedestal) standing Buddha statue.
• Mohnyin Than-Bod-Dhay Pagoda -Dates from 1303(Myanmar Era) although it was reconstructed in 1939. It is said to contain over 500,000 images of Buddha(to be exact 582,363)
• Pho-Win-Taung(Pho-Win Hills) - Located on the western bank of Chindwin river.The complex contains 947 small and large richly decorated caves.The hills have probably been occupied since the dawn of human habitation in Myanmar, to the south -west lies the Pon-Daung-Pon-Nya mountain range, Where the fossil remains of Pon-Taung Men's may have lived 30 million years ago were found.