The Htupayon Pagoda (Burmese: ထူပါရုံ ဘုရား, pronounced [tʰù bà jòʊ̯ɴ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist stupa located in Sagaing, Myanmar.
Located near the Yadanabon Bridge in Sagaing,[1] the Htupayon pagoda was founded by King Narapati I of Ava (r. 1442–1468) in 1444.
The ceremony was attended by the diplomats and royals from the neighboring countries, including the Chinese officials with whom he had just signed a truce, as well as those from Lan Na, Onbaung, Hanthawaddy Pegu and (unnamed) Indian states.
[note 4] The 1839 Ava earthquake severely damaged the pagoda, leaving only the 30 m (98 ft) high base intact.
[7] The second reconstruction project, in response to the 1839 earthquake damages, was launched in 1851/52 (1213 ME) but was cut short as its sponsor King Pagan Min (r. 1846–1853) became ensnarled in, and lost the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852–1853), and subsequently abdicated the throne in 1853.