Ngakywenadaung Pagoda (1603)

Type of monument Type I Temple (Zedi)
Location West of Thabyinnyu
Region Old Bagan
Built by King Taungthugyi
Date 10th Century
Monument Numbe 1603
Ngakywenadaung Pagpda (1,603)

The cylindrical body of this stupa placed on a high circular basement, bulges near the top and assumes a bulbous shape. Originally, there might have been a finial above it though no traces of it now remain. The present height is 43 feet. A greater portion of the pagoda is still covered with green glazed tiles. Though it cannot be precisely dated the stupa seems to belong to early 12th  century A D. Popular tradition, however, attributes it to King Taungthugyi of 10th  century A D.


Ngakywenadung (Google Map)
 

Reference Books:

Glimpse of Glorious Bagan, Universities Historical Research Centre, Yangon, Myanmar, The University Press, 1996

Pictorial Guide to Pagan, Ministry of Culture, Yangon, Myanmar, The Printing and Publish Corporation, Reprint 1975

The Pagodas and Monuments of Bagan, Vol. 1, Translated by Dr Khin Maung Nyunt, Ministry of Information, Yangon, Myanmar, Graphic Training Centre (G.T.C), 1995

The Pagodas and Monuments of Bagan , Vol. 2, English Text by Dr Khin Maung Nyunt, Ministry of Information, Yangon, Myanmar, Graphic Training Centre (G.T.C), 1998

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