Around 200yd beyond the eastern end of side of U Bein’s Bridge, this 1847 pagoda, built by Pagan Min, was supposedly modelled on the larger Ananda Pahto at Bagan, but its five-tiered roof makes it look more like a Tibetan/Nepali temple. While the paya doesn’t have the perfectly vaulted roofs or the finer decorations of the original, it does have a serene seated Buddha image and some well-preserved frescoes in the four approaches. The southern entry ceiling depicts some bossy, English-looking figures in bamboo hats.
