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High medieval · Buddhist · Myanmar
Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple
Kyaukse, Mandalay Region · 21.6424°, 96.0547°
Gautama Buddha (three encased images and a reclining Buddha)Pagan, encased under PinyaCave temple within an encasing stupa
Sacred since
1300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
11th c. core, encased in a stupa in the 14th c.
Pagan, encased under Pinya
History & significance
A temple near Kyaukse begun as a single-storey hall under Anawrahta, given a second storey by Narapatisithu, then wholly enclosed in a stupa by Uzana I of Pinya in the 14th century, so that a pagoda hides a pagoda which in turn hides a two-storey temple. Its upper terrace carries stone-carved Jataka reliefs, and it was gazetted as an ancient heritage site in 2015.