It’s the most unusual Buddhist pagoda I’ve visited in Myanmar. With its name loosely translated as mid-stream on a laterite reef, the Kyauktan Yele Pagoda or Kyaik Hmaw Wun Pagoda is located in Myanmar’s major port city of Thanlyin along the banks of Yangon River.

Dominating the Yangon skyline, the Shwedagon Pagoda is a 325 ft tall gilded stupa located atop the Singuttara Hill west of the Royal Lake. Aside from the main pagoda, there are also hundreds of colorful temples, stupas and statues inside the large compound of the pagoda.