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{{Short description|Buddhist Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar}}
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{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = Shwesandaw Pagoda
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| image                 = File:Shwesandaw Pagoda Bagan Myanmar.jpg
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| location              = [[Nyaung U]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|21.163812|94.866037|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Theravada Buddhism]]
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| country               = [[Myanmar]]
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| founded_by            = King [[Anawrahta]]
| year_completed        = {{start date and years ago|1057}}
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[[File:Shwesandaw Paya original hti.jpg|thumb|Shwesandaw Paya's original hti, toppled by an [[1975 Bagan earthquake|earthquake in 1975]]]]
The '''Shwesandaw Pagoda''' ({{langx|my|ရွှေဆံတော် ဘုရား}}, {{IPA-my|ʃwèsʰàɰ̃dɔ̀ pʰəjá|pron}}) is a [[Buddhist]] [[Burmese pagoda|pagoda]] located in [[Bagan]], [[Myanmar]]. It is the tallest pagoda in Bagan, and contains a series of five terraces, topped with a cylindrical [[stupa]], which has a bejewelled umbrella (''[[hti]]''). The pagoda was built by King [[Anawrahta]] in 1057, and once contained [[terra cotta]] tiles depicting scenes from the ''[[Jataka]]''. Enshrined within the pagoda are sacred hairs of [[Gautama Buddha]], which were obtained from [[Thaton]].
==See also==
* [[List of tallest structures built before the 20th century]]
==References==
*{{cite book |title=Pictorial Guide to Pagan |orig-year=1955 |year=1975 |publisher=Ministry of Culture |location=Rangoon }}
{{Buddhist sites in Myanmar}}
[[Category:Pagodas in Myanmar]]
[[Category:11th-century Buddhist temples]]
[[Category:Bagan]]
[[Category:Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar]]
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