Shwezigon Paya (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Myanmar. The construction of the Shwezigon Paya began during the reign of King Anawrahta (အနော်ရထာ, 1044–1077), the founder of the Bagan (ပုဂံ) Empire, and was completed in 1102, during the reign of his son King Kyansittha (ကျန်စစ်သား). Shwezigon Paya is deemed to be the prototype of Burmese stupas.
At the entrance to the pagoda there are huge statues of guardians of the temple, known as chinthes, lion shaped glyphs.
Shwezigon Paya is almost 50m in height, it is in the form of a cone formed by five square terraces with a central solid core.
Shwezigon Paya consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines, and the stupa is believed to enshrine a bone and tooth of Gautama Buddha.
Unfortunately, over the centuries Shwezigon Paya had been damaged by many earthquakes and other natural calamities, and has been refurbished several times.
Shwezigon Paya does not have a lot of tourists, it is beautiful but looks more sacred and unadorned in comparing with Shwedagon Pagoda（ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား), Choumeizai likes it more.
