Shwezigon Pagoda ( King Anawrahta)

                


    King Anawrahta's Shwezigon Pagoda
There are four religious monuments built of stone in Bagan and they are;
1. The Pitaka Taik or Setku Taik at the foot of Mt.Tuyin
2. The Great Shwezigon Pagoda
3. Kyaukgu Umin ( Cave ) and
4. Nan Hpaya
The stone for the shwezigon was quarried from the Tuyin Mountain and bricks made from it according to size. The stone hewn and obtained from the mountains was then conveyed hand to hand by people standing one behind the other in rows of three and the line of people stretched from Tuyin Mountain to the site of the Shwezigon Pagoda. There was however sufficient gap between each row to provide space for handing over the slabs of stone.