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Chaungshi Destination Guide

Explore Chaungshi in Myanmar

Chaungshi in the region of Mandalay is a town in Myanmar - some 115 mi or ( 185 km ) North-West of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Chaungshi

Current time in Chaungshi is now 11:35 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mae Hong Son, Chittagong, Agartala, Zi-o, and Taungkwin. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mae Hong Son . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Chaungshi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Stefanos in Myanmar (No 1) My trip in Bagan

4:12 min by aganipi
Views: 2266 Rating: 5.00

Bagan, the ancient royal capital of Myanmar, is one of Buddhism's three greatest monuments, along with Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobadur in Indonesia. Bagan is a land of myriad centuries-old pagoda ..

Panorama Bagan, Myanmar.

3:54 min by AaVeeZet
Views: 887 Rating: 5.00

Bagan and surroundings are famous for the many Buddhist temples en pagodes build in the eleventh untill the thirteenth century. In the video the beautiful panorama from the Shwesandawpagode. Original ..


Myanmar 2012 - Market New Bagan (1160)

3:54 min by Jan van Bekkum
Views: 596 Rating: 0.00

Nice market in New Bagan in Myanmar, Burma). Shots of how meat is handled and sold. Not really a western butcher :-) with dogs walking between the meat. ..

Myanmar 2012 - Thuhekan, village near New Bagan (1190)

10:34 min by Jan van Bekkum
Views: 365 Rating: 3.00

The daily life in Thuhekan, a small village near New Bagan in Myanmar (Burma). All kinds of labour to process the crop ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Nyaung-U District

Nyaung-U is a district of the Mandalay Division in central Burma.

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Located at 21.08 95.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Districts of Burma, Mandalay Region

Nyaung U Airport

Nyaung U Airport is an airport located in Nyaung-U (or Nyaung Oo), a town in the Mandalay Region, Burma (Myanmar). It is the primary air gateway to the city of Bagan and surrounding areas. It also known as Nyaung Oo Airport or Bagan Nyaung Oo Airport.

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Located at 21.18 94.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Airports in Burma, Bagan, Mandalay Region

Dhammayangyi Temple

Dhammayangyi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu (1167-1170). Narathu, who came to the throne by assassinating his father Alaungsithu and his elder brother, presumably built this largest temple to atone for his sins. The Dhammayangyi is the widest temple in Bagan, and is built in a plan similar to that of Ananda Temple.

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Located at 21.16 94.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Buddhist temples in Burma

Bagan

Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

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Located at 21.17 94.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 9th-century establishments, Bagan, Buddhist art and culture, Buddhist pilgrimages, Buddhist temples in Burma, History of Burma, Populated places in Mandalay Region, Township capitals of Burma, Visitor attractions in Burma

Shwezigon Pagoda Bell

The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell is a temple bell located at the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar. The 3423 kg bell was dedicated to the pagoda by King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty in 1557. The inscriptions on the bell in Burmese, Mon, and Pali describe the important events of the first six years of his reign.

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Located at 21.18 94.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Individual bells, Toungoo dynasty