The Giant Reclining Buddha is a one-story building that is hollow inside. Inside it has a Buddha statue with a shrine in front of it. People sell flowers inside to pilgrims who want to decorate the shrine. It is mostly dark inside, except for the light light let in through the small windows built into the statue. It is part of the Bodhi Tahtaung Pagoda Complex, which is outside of the city of Monywa.