The Shwemawdaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa located in Bago, Myanmar. At 125 m in overall height, the Shwemadaw is the tallest stupa in the country, and probably in Southeast Asia. The annual pagoda festival is a 10-day affair that takes place during the Burmese month of Tagu.
Completed: c. 500 BCE (tradition) · 982/83 (tradition) · by 1390 · 1796 · 1954