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Built, unusually, of stucco-covered brick, this 1822 royal monastery temple is a rare sur-
vivor from the Ava era. The faded, sturdy structure looks very attractive in cleverly taken
photographs, but in the harsh midday sun the main attraction is the cool afforded by its
ultra-thick walls and the bats flitting through its empty undercroft. Directly east, forming
a fine background, is
Htilaingshin Paya
, an attractive array of gilded stupas, some dating
back to the Bagan period.
Behind, near the crumbling former monks'-residence building, a footpath leads to sea-
sonally flooded river gardens and views to Sagaing.
Yedanasimi Paya
STUPA RUINS
This small but photogenic ensemble brings together three sitting buddhas and a handful
of old brick stupas shaded by a giant flame tree.
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Get a little off the beaten track at some of the following minor sights and view-
points:
»
the row of disintegrating brick stupas west of Bagaya Kyaung leading towards a
mysterious array of overgrown temple ruins (accessible dry-season only).
moat from near the ludicrously overpriced two-hall
Archaeological Museum
(for-
eigner/local K5000/200; 9am-4.30pm Tue-Sun).
»
tree-framed views of several small pagodas from the rough track that gives a
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(Lawkath-
arupha Paya)
and the Sagaing Ferry jetty
»
the short restored sections of city wall near the three whitewashed pagodas of
Shwe Myauk Taung
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: best viewed across the moat looking
north
»
Ayeyarwady River views from the square inner bastions of the 1874
Sinkyone
Fortress
and numerous stupas down weather-damaged lanes directly south.
Fascinating
Hantharwaddy Village
, starting around a mile south of the moat,
Paya
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,
now dangerously fissured by earthquakes. A charm-
