Burmese pagoda

Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha. Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape, earning the country the moniker "land of pagodas." Several cities in the country, including Mandalay and Bagan, are known for their abundance of pagodas. Pagodas are the site of seasonal pagoda festivals.

Burmese pagodas are enclosed in a compound known as the aran (အာရာမ်, from Pali ārāma), with gateways called mok (မုခ်, from Pali mukha) at the four cardinal directions. The platform surrounding a Burmese pagoda is called a yinbyin (ရင်ပြင်).

According to 2016 statistics compiled by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Myanmar is home to 1,479 pagodas exceeding 27 feet (8.2 m) in height, a quarter of which are located in Sagaing Region.

  1. Sagaing Region 372 (28.5%)
  2. Kachin State 187 (14.3%)
  3. Yangon Region 161 (12.3%)
  4. Mandalay Region 157 (12.0%)
  5. Magwe Region 97 (7.44%)
  6. Ayeyarwady Region 78 (5.98%)
  7. Kayin State 44 (3.37%)
  8. Shan State 44 (3.37%)
  9. Tanintharyi Region 40 (3.07%)
  10. Mon State 34 (2.61%)
  11. Rakhine State 26 (1.99%)
  12. Chin State 24 (1.84%)
  13. Kayah State 22 (1.69%)
  14. Bago Region 18 (1.38%)
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