Completed in 1931 and measuring 240 feet long and 69 feet high, Shwethalyaung Daw Mu is the largest reclining Buddha in the country. A couple of miles up the road is Shinmokhti Paya, dating back to 1438 and one of four shrines in the country housing a Sinhalese Buddha image supposedly made with a composite of cement and pieces of the original bodhi tree.
Shinmokhti Paya is located about 6 miles from Dawei; a round trip thoun bein stopping off at both temples should run around K7000.
