Phaung Daw U Pagoda

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Phaung Daw U Pagoda is a prominent Buddhist site located in Ywama, a village on Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma). This revered pagoda is known for housing five small gilded Buddha images, which have been covered with so much gold leaf by devotees over the years that they have lost their original form and now appear as golden blobs. Phaung Daw U Pagoda is also the focal point of the Phaung Daw U Festival, one of the most significant festivals in the region, where the Buddha images are paraded around the lake on a specially designed barge, accompanied by traditional boat races and other cultural activities.

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