Uppatasanti Pagoda

Uppātasanti Pagoda
ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်
Uppātasanti Pagoda; ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Naypyidaw
Country	Myanmar
	Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates	19°46′16.14″N 96°10′58.76″E / 19.7711500°N 96.1829889°E
Architecture
Founder	State Peace and Development Council
Completed	March 2009

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Uppātasanti Pagoda (ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်, pronounced [ʔoʊʔpàta̰ θàɰ̃dḭ zèdìdɔ̀]; officially called ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်မြတ်ကြီး, also called the "Peace Pagoda") is a prominent landmark in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The pagoda houses a Buddha tooth relic.^[1] It is nearly a same-sized replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and stands 99 metres (325 ft) tall.^[2]

^ "Than Shwe's New Pagoda Hides More than a Buddha Relic". The Irrawaddy. March 10, 2009. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "Signs of rapid development in Nay Pyi Taw". MRTV-3.

[irr1-1] "Than Shwe's New Pagoda Hides More than a Buddha Relic". The Irrawaddy. March 10, 2009. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[mrtv1-2] "Signs of rapid development in Nay Pyi Taw". MRTV-3.

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