About 1.5 km east of the central temple cluster, Koe-thaung ("Temple of 90,000 Buddhas") is the largest temple in Mrauk-U — and a startlingly different beast from its compact, fortress-like neighbours. The temple is a vast stepped pyramid, its terraces lined with thousands of small stone Buddha images in niches, the whole structure topped by a central stupa.
Much of it has collapsed and the terraces are now overgrown with grass and trees, but the scale is still extraordinary. Children from the nearby village often guide visitors along the half-buried corridors that ring the base. Best reached by motorbike taxi or trishaw from the centre. Quiet, half-ruined, and easily the most evocative single site in Mrauk-U.