The Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda is the most important pagoda to be found on Inle Lake, and you have to take a boat in order to get there by boat. Inside there are five buddha, which have lost their form. Only men have the right to touch the statues and women can only look at the Images which are of different sizes, ranging from about nine to eighteen inches in height. Because they are solid gold, the images are very heavy. It is widely believed that the Buddha images were taken to Lake Inle by King Alaungsithu.