Umin Thonze Pagoda

Umin Thonze Pagoda
ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား
Inside view of the Umin Thonze
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Sagaing
Geographic coordinates	21°54′42″N 95°59′26″E / 21.9115549°N 95.9904873°E / 21.9115549; 95.9904873
Architecture
Completed	1330s 1847 (renovated)

The Umin Thonze Pagoda (Burmese: ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa, located in the Sagaing Hills, Myanmar.^[1][2] The pagoda was founded by King Tarabya I (r. 1327–1335/36) of Sagaing.^{[citation needed]} It was renovated in 1643 and in 1723.^[3] In 1838, the pagoda was essentially destroyed by a major earthquake. King Pagan Min (r. 1846–53) rebuilt the pagoda, completing it in 1847.^{[note 1]} It has a cave with 45 seated Buddha images arranged in a curved formation and behind them decorated with sparkling glass-works.

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