The pagoda was built by King Bayinnaung to house a gold and jewel-encrusted tooth relic of the Buddha.

[1] The hti spire was raised atop the pagoda for the first time on 2 January 1561.

[4] In 1599, King Anaukpetlun conquered Bago and removed the relics to Taungoo.

[4] In 1636, King Thalun removed the relics to Inwa, enshrining them at the Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing.

[4] Throughout its history, the pagoda has been destroyed by several earthquakes on the Sagaing Fault, on 13 September 1564, 1583, and 8 October 1888, and completely leveled in 1930.