Monywa

About 136 km to the West of Mandalay is Mon-Ywa, the commercial city of Chin-Dwin Valley.

The places of interest are:

Than-Bok-De Pagoda with over 500,000 Buddha Images
Bodhi-Ta-Htaung (one Thousand Bo trees)
Ledi-Kyaung-Teik monastery where Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 806 stone slabs
Kyauk-Kar a village known for its own style of lacquer-ware.
Shwe-Ba-Taung, which is famous for its stone caves, carved by cutting along the mountainside. (With 46 caves and 201 Buddha statues.)
Hpo-Win-Taung also famous with Buddhist religious structures, most of which are carved in the side of the hills with 492 caves and 2,588 Buddha statue. Both Shwe-Ba-Taung and Hpo-Win-Taung are on the West Bank of the Chin-Dwin River, the great tributary of the river Ayeyarwaddy.

Bodhi Ta Htaung Pagoda	Than Bok De Pagoda
Monywa on the bank of Chin Dwin	Caves and Pagodas in Hpo Win Taung
Stone Carving of Shwe Ba Taung

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