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Mingun Pahtodawgyi

begun 1790 · 18th century

The Mingun Pahtodawgyi is a huge unfinished brick stupa at Mingun, on the west bank of the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay, begun by King Bodawpaya in 1790. Intended to be the largest stupa in the world, it was abandoned at about a third of its planned height of 150 metres, and an earthquake in 1839 cracked it. Nearby hangs the Mingun Bell, one of the heaviest working bells in the world.

Mingun Pahtodawgyi
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mingun Pahtodawgyi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mingun-pahtodawgyi
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