Uppatasanti Pagoda, Naypidaw

Uppatasanti Pagoda, Naypyidaw, Myanmar


Uppatasanti Pagoda is a recently completed pagoda and main landmark of Naypyidaw, the administrative capital of Myanmar. As if to stamp their mark on this newly created city, the government built this Burmese temple. Its main attraction is of course the 99-meter (325 meter) tall pagoda.

Uppatasanti Pagoda, Nyapyidaw


The Uppatasanti Pagoda is almost the same height at the Shwedagon Pagoda. Both are 99 meters tall. To be exact, Uppatasanti Pagoda is a mere 30 cm shorter. The name Uppatasanti means "peace pagoda". Encased within it is a Buddha tooth relic brought over from China.

Construction of Uppatasanti Pagoda began in November 2006, and it was completed in March 2009. It occupies a large piece of land next to the Yaypyar Golf Course. Major sights include a 108-foot tall flagstaff, a cavern within the pagoda with four jade Buddha statues, a garden with a maha bodhi tree and twenty-eight Buddha statues, and the main Buddha statue of the complex, the Maha Hsutaungpyae Buddha, located at the Maha Pasadabhumi Gandhakuti Chamber. Other sights within the pagoda complex is the Withongama Ordination Hall, Cetiyapala Chamber, the pagoda museum and other sights.

Uppatasanti Pagoda


Uppatasanti Pagoda

Getting there

Uppatasanti Pagoda is located on the east side of the Naypyidaw city centre. It is connected by Yaza Htami Road to the central administrative complex of Myanmar.

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