Botataung Pagoda

Botataung Pagoda
ဗိုလ်တထောင်ဘုရား
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Status	Operational
Location
Location	Yangon
Country	Myanmar
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates	16°46′06″N 96°10′19″E / 16.768449°N 96.171973°E / 16.768449; 96.171973
Yangon City Landmark

The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တထောင်ကျိုက်ဒေးအပ်ဆံတော်ရှင်စေတီတော် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; also spelled Botahtaung; literally "1000 military officers") is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language. The pagoda is hollowed within, and houses what is believed to be a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.^[1]

The Botataung Pagoda was destroyed during World War II, and was rebuilt after the war.