page_title: Hpaung Daw U Pagoda
hierarchical_section_title: Hpaung Daw U Pagoda
caption_attribution_description: English: Phaung Daw U-Festival, final day, Inle lake, Myanmar. Deutsch: Phaung Daw U-Fest, Schlusstag, Barke wird eingeparkt, Inle-See, Myanmar.
context_page_description: Hpaung Daw U Pagoda, also spelt Hpaung Daw Oo or Phaung Daw Oo is a notable Buddhist site in Myanmar, located on the Inle Lake in Shan State.
  Surrounding the Pagoda, and in the basement are shops selling traditional Shan and Burmese merchandise. The pagoda houses five small gilded images of Buddha, which have been covered in gold leaf to the point that their original forms cannot be seen. The gold-leaf application to such excess is relatively recent. Old photographs hanging on the monastery walls show some of the images in a more pristine form. It is reported that some gold has been removed on occasion to reduce its mass. Although the monastery is open to all for veneration, only men are permitted to place gold leaf on the images. Another part of the ritual for pilgrims is to place a small robe or thingan around the images, and to take the robe back to their houses and place it on their own altar as a token of respect for the Buddha and his teachings.
  The images are of differing sizes, range from about nine to eighteen inches tall. Being essentially solid gold, the images are extremely heavy. It is believed that the Buddha images were brought to Inlay Lake by King Alaungsithu.
context_section_description: Hpaung Daw U Pagoda (Burmese: ဖောင်တော်ဦးဘုရား, IPA: [pʰàʊɰ̃ dɔ̀ ʔú pʰəjá]), also spelt Hpaung Daw Oo or Phaung Daw Oo) is a notable Buddhist site in Myanmar (formerly Burma), located on the Inle Lake in Shan State.
  Surrounding the Pagoda, and in the basement are shops selling traditional Shan and Burmese merchandise. The pagoda houses five small gilded images of Buddha, which have been covered in gold leaf to the point that their original forms cannot be seen.  The gold-leaf application to such excess is relatively recent.  Old photographs hanging on the monastery walls show some of the images in a more pristine form.  It is reported that some gold has been removed on occasion to reduce its mass. Although the monastery is open to all for veneration, only men are permitted to place gold leaf on the images.  Another part of the ritual for pilgrims is to place a small robe or thingan around the images, and to take the robe back to their houses and place it on their own altar as a token of respect for the Buddha and his teachings.
  The images are of differing sizes, range from about nine to eighteen inches tall.  Being essentially solid gold, the images are extremely heavy.  It is believed that the Buddha images were brought to Inlay Lake by King Alaungsithu.
caption: Phaung Daw U Pagoda Festival karaweik barge.
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