Sir U Po Tha

U Po Tha one of the country's leading paddy merchants, was a very pious and generous man and donated many religious buildings like
the Shwedagon Pagoda northern main pray hall
this Chauk-Htat-Kyee Reclining Buddha
and
the Chauk-Htat-Kyee Monastery.
He was knighted by the British government in 1927.