Kaw Gon Cave — Attraction in Hpa-An District

Located at west side of Thanlwin along with other famous caves, YaThaePyan, BayinNyi and Bat cave. The cave is covered with thousands of Buddha statues. It's a limestone cave and people considered it as a Buddhist temple. It's quite obvious that it's a buddhist temple. But, KawGon cave also have scriptures about the holy trinity of Hinduism and even an image of the Ganesh(မဟာပိန္နဲ). There have also been found Mon scriptures of 7th century. People believe that most of the Buddha statues were donated by Martaban, the wife of Thaton King Manuha. It is said that Queen Martaban escaped and hid there when King Anawrahta of Bagan kingdom conquered Thaton kingdom and took King Manuha. I'm not gonna tell all the details right here. So, go explore yourself...

KawGon Cave Myanmar

This amazing cave temple of 7th century was inaccessible to outsiders until recently due to insurgency in the area. Only SUVs or four-wheel-drive pickup trucks can be driven on the dirt road to the caves. Most local people are unaware of its existence. Some people heard about it but do not know how to get there. Over 60 years, this area was under the control of KNU rebels, fighting for an independence state. Now, the area is relatively safe to visit, but the road to the caves is really tough. It took us more than 2 hours to get there by car from Thaton, the nearest town, which is only 32 miles away. There is no electricity in the cave, however, it is well illuminated by natural light during...

We visited 27.Dec.2015. This Cave is 130 feet length and 70 feet wide, only about 25 feet in height means it will not be very large cave. No specific history indicate that limestone caves were decorated by Mon queen MOTE TA MA , wife of the Mon King Manuha. King Manuha was arrested by Bagan King Anawyahta then queen MOTE TA MA fled and hided in this cave and she has been established in this filming. At AD1827 British Ambassador John carrot ford , in 1835 Richard Tan, in 1836 Saint Judson, visited and studied. There are seven ink letters and one...