What to do and see in Taunggyi, Shan State: The Best Sacred & Religious Sites

March 11, 2022 Tambra Mccollister

Taunggyi (Burmese: တောင်ကြီးမြို့; MLCTS: taung kri: mrui. [tàʊɴdʑí mjo̰]; Shan: ဝဵင်းတူၼ်ႈတီး [wéŋ tɔ̀ŋ kjí], Pa-O: ဝေင်ꩻတောင်ႏကီꩻ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of 4,712 feet, just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth largest city of Myanmar, and has an estimated population of 380,665 as of 2014.The city is famous for its hot air balloon festival held annually on the full moon day of Tazaungmon.
Restaurants in Taunggyi

1. St. Joseph's Cathedral

Taunggyi Myanmar
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St. Joseph's Cathedral

2. Main Ma Ye' Tha-Khin-Ma Mountain

Taunggyi Myanmar
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4.5 based on 10 reviews

Main Ma Ye' Tha-Khin-Ma Mountain

Reviewed By rooddo - Mandalay, Myanmar

Traveling from Pindaya on a bike trip we passed this mountain. Very very impressed and worth stopping at. When traveling in Myanmar it is sometimes easy to get tired of looking at religious sites. This one is worth it.

3. Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda

Taunggyi Myanmar
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4.5 based on 2 reviews

Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda

4. Hpaung Daw U Pagoda

Taunggyi Myanmar +95 9 252 526 830 http://www.preciousholidaytravels.com
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4.0 based on 379 reviews

Hpaung Daw U Pagoda

Reviewed By Susan188 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

By sheer coincidence, our timing was perfect .. we arrived at Inle Lake just in time for the biggest festival, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival .. a major annual evt tt is celebrated by all the villages tt surround Lake Inle .. ard end Sept-early Oct .. the experience was phenomenal .. unforgettable .. We hopped into our boat at 6.30am (11th oct) as the sun rose over Inle, headed out into the big lake to join hundreds of other boats, ferrying mostly locals, young & old fr the villages, & ethnic women fr the hills in their tribal head gear .. It is a religious pilgrimage of the 4 Buddha's images, placed on a decorated royal barge, towed by leg-rowers .. spans 18days, w 18 stop-overs at villages ard the lake .. as the royal barge lvs each village, a "representative boat" joins the pilgrimage .. decked out w young men, rowing & chanting .. we witnessed their journey at the 13th stop, and the sight of the 13 long village boats towing the royal barge was truly breathtaking .. surrounded by hundreds of other boats ..

5. Sikh Temple

4 Nh, Taunggyi Myanmar
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4.0 based on 2 reviews

Sikh Temple

6. Sulamuni Pagoda

Taunggyi Myanmar
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4.0 based on 5 reviews

Sulamuni Pagoda

7. Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery

Taunggyi Myanmar
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3.5 based on 343 reviews

Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery

Better known as the Jumping Cats Monastery for its cats trained to jump through hoops.

Reviewed By Nomadsat

The wonderful teak wood is beautifully displayed and carved and enhanced. The Buddhas here are again an inspiration with a story.

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