Pakhangyi Monastery (), officially known as Kyaungdawgyi () is a

Buddhist monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may ...

Yesagyo Township Yesagyo Township (Yaesagyo Township) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of central Myanmar (Burma). The principal town and administrative seat is Yesagyo. The township is served by the Chaung-U to Pakokku railway. Borders Yesa ...

Magway Region Magway Region (, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa-de Dam (ပဒဲဆည်) is one of ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

(Burma). Pakhangyi Monastery was built during the Konbaung dynasty in the late 18th century. The wooden monastery was built by Pho Toke and Daw Phae, using 254

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pillars that range from each in height. The monastery was restored in 1992, In 1996, the Burmese government submitted the monastery, along with other exemplars from the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty (), also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in history of Mya ...

for inclusion into the

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Monasteries in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Magway Region 19th-century Buddhist temples Religious buildings and structures completed in 1886 1886 establishments in Burma {{Buddhism-monastery-stub

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