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The Shwethalyaung Buddha (Template:Lang-my, pronounced [ʃwèθàljáuɴ pʰəjá]; officially Template:My) is a reclining Buddha in the west side of Bago (Pegu), Burma (Myanmar). The Buddha, which has a length of 55 m (180 ft) and a height of 16 m (52 ft), is the second largest Buddha in the world, after the 74 m reclining Buddha in Dawei (Tavoy). The Buddha is believed to have been built in 994, during the reign of Mon King Migadepa. It was lost in 1757 when Pegu was pillaged, and during British colonial rule, in 1880, the Shwethalyaung Buddha was rediscovered. Restoration began in 1881, and Buddha's mosaic pillows (on its left side) were added in 1930.

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Shwethalyaung Buddha in the early 1900s
Dimensions of Shwethalyaung Buddha
Shwethalyaung Buddha Temple
Images of Buddha's life in the back of Shwethalyaung Buddha
Shwethalyaung Buddha
Statue Within Shwethalyaung Buddha Temple
Shwethalyaung Buddha (Closeup)
Shwethalyaung Buddha (View from Right Side)

17°20′16.40″N 96°27′44.58″E / 17.3378889°N 96.4623833°E / 17.3378889; 96.4623833

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-The '''Shwethalyaung Buddha''' ({{lang-my|ရွှေသာလျှောင်းဘုရား}}, {{IPA-my|ʃwèθàljáʊɴ pʰəjá|pron}}; officially {{my|ရွှေသာလျောင်းရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး}}) is a reclining [[Buddharupa|Buddha]] in the west side of [[Bago, Burma|Bago]] (Pegu), [[Burma]] (Myanmar). The Buddha, which has a length of 55&nbsp;m (180&nbsp;ft) and a height of 16&nbsp;m (52&nbsp;ft), is the second largest Buddha in the world, after the 74 m reclining Buddha in [[Dawei]] (Tavoy). The Buddha is believed to have been built in 994, during the reign of [[Mon people|Mon]] King [[Migadepa]]. It was lost in 1757 when Pegu was pillaged, and during British colonial rule, in 1880, the Shwethalyaung Buddha was rediscovered. Restoration began in 1881, and Buddha's mosaic pillows (on its left side) were added in 1930.
+The '''Shwethalyaung Buddha''' ({{lang-my|ရွှေသာလျှောင်းဘုရား}}, {{IPA-my|ʃwèθàljáuɴ pʰəjá|pron}}; officially {{my|ရွှေသာလျောင်းရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး}}) is a reclining [[Buddharupa|Buddha]] in the west side of [[Bago, Burma|Bago]] (Pegu), [[Burma]] (Myanmar). The Buddha, which has a length of 55&nbsp;m (180&nbsp;ft) and a height of 16&nbsp;m (52&nbsp;ft), is the second largest Buddha in the world, after the 74 m reclining Buddha in [[Dawei]] (Tavoy). The Buddha is believed to have been built in 994, during the reign of [[Mon people|Mon]] King [[Migadepa]]. It was lost in 1757 when Pegu was pillaged, and during British colonial rule, in 1880, the Shwethalyaung Buddha was rediscovered. Restoration began in 1881, and Buddha's mosaic pillows (on its left side) were added in 1930.
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