Sun U Ponnyashin Pagoda

Swan Oo Ponnya Shin Pagoda
ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီ
A young monk at Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin pagoda
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Sagaing, Myanmar
Country	Myanmar
Location within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates	21.901691°N 95.992302°E / 21.901691; 95.992302
Architecture
Founder	U Ponnya

Swan Oo Ponnya Shin (ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီတော်) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Sagaing, Myanmar.^[1][2] The pagoda was purportedly founded in 1312 by Ponnya, a junior minister at the court of King Thihathu of Myinsaing–Pinya. The pagoda is located at the top of the second highest mountain in Sagaing, called Ponnya Shin Hill.

References

1. "ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီဘုရားသမိုင်း" (in Burmese).
2. "ဆွမ်းဦး ပုညရှင်စေတီ လုံးတော်ပြည့် ရွှေသင်္ကန်းကပ်လှူပူဇော်မှု ရာနှုန်း ၉၀ ပြီးစီ" (in Burmese).