Boosting Tourism: Nay Pyi Taw Bagan Pagoda in Nyaungpingyisu Village

Plans have been made to attract visitors to the Nay Pyi Taw Bagan Pagoda in Nyaungpingyisu Village of Pobbathiri Township.

On Sunday, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman U Than TunOo, together with council members and officials, visited the pagoda and urged officials to provide convenient arrangements for local and foreign visitors. He instructed them to carry out clean and greening tasks in the pagoda compound.

The cluster of 47 pagodas in Nyaungpingyisu Village belongs to the Konbaung and Nyaungyan eras according to the architectural features of these pagodas. Historians from the Department of Historical Research and National Library estimate their age to be between 200 and 300 years or probably even older.

A monastery near the pagodas hosts a six-foot by four-foot jewel-laden regal bed and ancient gilded palm-leaves. Since 2019, Nyaungpingyisu village and its ancient pagodas have captured the attention of pilgrims, attracting around 100 visitors per public holiday. The pagodas are accessible through the TawwinYadana Road connecting the Pyinmana-Taungnyo and Yazahtani highways.