Named after the woman who supposedly sponsored its construction, this typical late-Bagan brick monastery (about 650 feet southwest of Nagayon) is thought to have been built in 1204. A zedi to the north and gu to the south are also ascribed to Somingyi. Many brick monasteries in Bagan were single-block structures; Somingyi is unique in that it has monastic cells clustered around a courtyard.
