Ngahtatgyi Paya

Just across the Chaukhtatgyi Paya is the Ngahtatgyi Paya. They have confusingly similar names but it is worth noting that Ngahtatgyi Paya means Five Storey Buddha, while the Chaukhtatgyi Paya means Six Storey Buddha. The main pagoda is quite a bit of a walk into the monastery complex. It wasn’t really as impressive as the Chaukhtatgyi Paya, although there was also a large Buddha housed in it. After all what would a Buddhist temple be in Myanmar without a large statue of Buddha.
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