Kakku
Kakku is a particular pagoda especially worshipped by tradional race Pa-oh and Shans in the Sothern Shan State. It is situated 26 miles afar at southern side of Taunggyi, a capital city of Shan State. Kakku is surrounded by 2000 stupas built to mark its distinctive appearance. Area of flat ground around Kakku pagoda has about one square kilometer and the place is ever clean, pleasant and beauty.

This Kakku Pagoda has basis background notable emerging events, whether actual or legendary tale whatever it may be ever since existence, Pa-oh and other national tribes are believing it is true and all people have reverence for sacred relics and worship the pagoda. One day in the long time–ago, a native Shan farmer couple found a ray of light from the nearby bush wonderfully in the evenings when they got out off their residential bamboo-hut. Being curious to know what it was the cleared the bushes and found nothing but in usual time the ray of light came out bright from the same place of earth. Assiduously they dug the earth and looked for the rays by using their farming tools, mattock, shovel and hoe. But their efforts made were in vain. Unexpectedly, the one pig among the near pack approached them and helped as much as it could with the helped of pig, the relics of Lord Buddha were found finally.

Then the said relics of Lord Buddha were enshrined and pagoda was built by the said Leading Shan couple. Hence the name given was “Wet-ku” which means “pig-help”. Long after this, the name is changed to Kakku but it has the same meaning.

To ascend this Kakku pagoda on the mound has two stairs, one in northern side and another at south-eastern side. There has by the Kings in Konbound dynasty in 16^th century. From that time onwards additional stupas has been increased to a number 2500. From the place of this Kakku pagoda if it is seen around a pleasant mountaneous view will be seen with forest, trees, hills, dales and valleys.