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Pharaouk Paya
The name of this hilltop temple can be interpreted as meaning holding control of the people, and its 29 niches with sitting buddha statues are a reference to Mrauk Us 29 former townships.
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Lokanat Gallery
One of the first galleries in Yangon to showcase contemporary art, Lokanat has been on the first floor of this c.1906 building, since 1971. The shows change on almost a weekly basis.
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Tilawkaguru
Accessed from a dead-end road at the southwest base of Sagaing Hill, this mural-filled cave complex dates originally from 1672. Opening times are sporadic and finding the key-holder can be challenging.
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Kyo Aung Sanda
Little visited, this curious latterday monastery features a mini Golden Rock, prayerhall full of monk-posture statues and several surreal Alice in Wonderland–style staring Tweedledum and Owl figures.
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Shwe Myauk Taung
A trio of whitewashed stupas perched on the southern city wall mark this eight-monk mini-monastery which has its own little short cut path/causeway across the moat down steps from the stupas.
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Myikyaungon Paya
Myikyaungon Paya is a noted Buddhist temple, called Wat Don Jarakhe in Thai and named for its gaudy, crocodile-shaped sanctuary. The temple is located within walking distance of the Friendship Bridge.
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Chan Tak
This large, classically styled, if mostly modern, Chinese temple comes complete with ornate stucco dragons, rock gardens, a vegetarian buffet restaurant, landscaped ponds and a seven-layered Chinese-style pagoda.
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Chinthe Ruins
Across the road from Mingun Paya lie two house-sized brick-and-stucco ruins. These are just the haunches of what would have been truly gigantic chinthe (the pagodas half-lion, half-dragon guardian deities).
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Ubamin Silverware
Behind their shop (2 miles northeast of Sagaing market), Ubamins artisans hammer, tap and polish remarkable detail into silver pots, repoussage vases and animal figures. Fascinating, and no sales pressure.
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Sinkyone Fortress
One of outer Mandalays trio of 19th-century fortresses that wantonly failed to prevent the British in 1885. Two canons and the moated square bastions are all that remain, but the view back to Sagaing is attractive.
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Htuparyon Paya
This gigantic stupa, originally built in 1444, is unusual for having three circular storeys each incorporating arched niches. Across Say Yon Gyi St, a garden of garish statues includes a particularly fearsome red cobra.
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Wat Jong Kham
The gilded stupa of Wat Jong Kham rises majestically above the centre of town. Legend dates the wat to a visit by Gautama Buddha but a more likely date for the stupa is the 13th-century Thai migration from Chiang Mai.
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Shin Pin Nan Kain
Shin Pin Nan Kains brass-clad stupa sits on a hilltop thats lower than Sagaing Hill but has even better panoramas. Resident monk Bhikku Tilawka speaks decent English and delights in showing guests the best viewpoints.
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Gubyauknge
Off Anawrahta Rd, almost a mile east of Htilominlo, this early-Bagan-period temple has some excellent stucco carvings on the outside walls (particularly on the north side) and some original paintings visible inside.
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Shan State Cultural Museum & Library
In addition to the usual displays of local ethnic-group outfits you’ll also find a handful of displays of weapons, musical instruments and jewellery, although few are accompanied by an English-language explanation.
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Sri Kali
Another of several colourful Hindu temples that can be found in the city centre. This is one of the locations for the Murugan Festival, famous for colourful street processions featuring acts of ritual self-mutilation.
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Shwetaung Paya
Southwest of the palace, the ‘Golden Hill Pagoda’ is the highest in Mrauk U. Built by King Minbin in 1553, it’s accessed by a few trails largely lost under thick vegetation. This is a good spot from which to view the sunrise.
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Shwe Muay Wan Paya
Shwe Muay Wan Paya is Myawaddys most important temple, a traditional bell-shaped stupa gilded with many kilos of gold and topped by more than 1600 precious and semiprecious gems. The temple is within walking distance of the Friendship Bridge.
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Kayah Cultural Museum
Like most of Myanmars regional museums, this vast hall is home to a disproportionately scant selection of dusty local relics and the usual display of mannequins wearing ethnic costumes, of which few have any English-language explanation.
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Hsinbyume Paya
Built in 1816, possibly using materials pilfered from Mingun Paya, this unusual pagoda rises in seven wavy, whitewashed terraces representing the seven mountain ranges around Mt Meru – the mountain at the centre of the Buddhist universe.
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