Snake Pagoda4. Kids T-Shirt

Here are some images from inside the pagoda. Didn't seem all that well looked after given the amount of donations I saw given. Lots of snakes, of course. Officially called Yadana Labamuni Hsu-taungpye Pagoda, this pagoda located not too far from Inwa and Amarapura is generally known as Hmwe Paya, or the Snake Pagoda. What makes it special is the 3 pythons living 'happily' with the monks there. The pagoda was established in 1974 by a local Buddhist monk. It is said that the monk found two large pythons lying around a statue of Buddha inside the old pagoda. At first, he carried them back to the jungle. However, the snakes came back bringing a friend with them. The monk found them holy, possibly the reincarnated souls of monks who used t...