Mount Popa is a wiped out well of lava about 5.000 feet/

history channel documentary 2016 On the off chance that you need to visit one of the truly captivating spots Burma brings to the table Taung Kalat/Mount Popa in focal Burma is the spot to go. Oh dear, it is not any longer as much off the beaten track as it was 20, 15, or even 10 years prior, yet at the same time interesting with an appeal all its own. What's more, when I say novel I mean this in the most genuine feeling of the word. Something like this you won't discover anyplace else.

Mount Popa is a wiped out well of lava about 5.000 feet/1.520 meter in tallness. It is situated at the northern end of the Pegu Mountains - southeast of Bagan - in Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Division and secured with woods a piece of which is just as of late developed. The name Popa is gotten from the Sanskrit word "Puppa" what implies bloom. Consequently, Mt. Popa implies Mountain of Flowers or Flower Mountain.

Taung Kalat's history started 554 B.C. at the point when the fountain of liquid magma Mount Popa ejected for the last time. With an ear-part blast a basalt rock of monstrous measurements isolated itself from Mt. Popa. The piece accompanied a forceful crash to rest topsy turvy subsequent to flying through the air for about 4.5 kilometers/2.8 miles in south-western bearing. It is a single basalt top of funnel shaped shape rising 737 meters/2.417 ft high into the sky. Its name: Taung Kalat.

Taung Kalat is found approximately 7 miles/11 kilometers north-east of Kyaukpadaung and 50 kilometer/31 miles south-east of Bagan. Along these lines, when you are in Bagan don't miss to visit Taung Kalat/Mt. Popa. The religious community of Taung Kalat arranged on top of the stone development is one of Burma's most fabulous and hallowed journey locales.