Tourist Guide To Mrauk-U

Five miles west of the Mahamuni Heights lies Thay-lar-giri (Selagiri), Kyauktaw hill range where locates Kyauktaw pagoda Tradition has it that the site on which the pagoda has been erected is the very site where Lord Buddha on this journey to Rakhine Dynyawaddy set foot first and preordained for future erection of famous pagodas and temples enshrining the sacred relics. In 1923, a stone sculpture of fift century A.D. depicting Lord Buddha preaching Dhamma Sakya, wheel of Dharma, to King Sanda Thuriya was unearthed. It is now  exhibited in Mrauk-U museum. West of the hill range flows Kuladan (kisapanadi) river on the other side of which Kyauktaw town. This is the town visitor from Sittway will come across before proceeding to Mahamuni. The town locates about seventy-five miles unpstream from Sittway along the river. At present, Kisapanadi Bridge has been built to cross the river making traveling easier. Credit:  Aung, Myar. Famous Monuments of Mrauk-U (Useful Refere...