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Late medieval · Buddhist · Myanmar
Ngahtatgyi Buddha Temple
Bahan Township, Yangon, Yangon · 16.8084°, 96.1626°
Gautama Buddha (Ngahtatgyi Buddha image)Toungoo—
Sacred since
1558 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1558
Toungoo
History & significance
A Theravada temple in Yangon's Bahan Township whose five-tiered pagoda shelters a seated Buddha image 6.2 m high, donated by Prince Minyedeippa and completed in 1558. A further Buddha statue was erected at the temple in 1900.