Settawya Pagoda

Settawya Pagoda
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada Buddhism
Region	Sagaing Region
Status	active
Location
Location	Mingun, Myanmar
Country	Myanmar
Architecture
Groundbreaking	1804
Completed	1811

The Settawya Pagoda is a Buddhist temple in Mingun, Myanmar. Built in the early 19th-century at the behest of King Bodawpaya Konbaung, the temple is one of several prominent pagodas in Mingun; the structure at Settawya was built during the same time as the larger-yet-uncompleted Mingun Pahtodawgyi, which was also built on the orders of Bodawpaya.^[1] The stark-white Settwaya Pagoda is located several hundred feet from the Irrawaddy River, and the temple contains a marble footprint of the Buddha.^[1][2]

The pagoda survived a major earthquake in 1839, though the structure sustained some damage; its interior has since been reinforced against future earthquakes.^[1]

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