Uppatasanti Pagoda

One of the features of NayPyiTaw is the Uppatasanti Pagoda whose tremendous stupa is noticeable from numerous parts of the city especially during the evening as it is wonderfully lit. Uppatasanti is an imitation of the holy Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and was opened in 2009. The Terraces encompassing the 325 feet high brilliant stupa are come to by lift. Not at all like the Shwedagon it is conceivable to enter the stupa, an extensive space with marble sections along the dividers of which are cut the Jataka stories.

The development of the 325 feet high Uppatasanti Pagoda loans a specific nobility to Nay Pyi Taw. In the pagoda area are noteworthy religious structures, for example, Maha Hsutaungpyae Buddha Image in Maha Pasadabhumi Gandhakuti Chamber; four jade Buddha pictures in the give in of the pagoda; statues delineating the birth, illumination, the primary talk and achieving Nirvana of the Lord Buddha; the 108 feet high flagstaff; Bo Tree Garden with Maha Bo Tree and the pictures of the 28 Buddhas; the garden of 108 Sacred Bo Trees; Marlini Mingala Lake with the assembly of Shin Uppagutta in it; Withongaraa Ordination Hall; Cetiyapala Chamber; Sangha Yama lodgings; Sasana Maha Beikmandaw Building; gallery; Pitakat Building and religious Archive.

Functions to give religious titles on prominent priests and services to offer aid to individuals from the Sangha were held on a stupendous scale with the nearness of the Head of State at Sasana Maha Beikmandaw Buiding.