Tantkyitaung Zedi, built on Tantkyi Hill, a mountain (taung) on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River (fig.), has a 27 meters pagoda, with a base of 18 meters and topped with a nine tiered chattra, i.e. a royal umbrella.

Besides the pagoda, its platform offers a panoramic view of the surrounding area and also features a statue of the White Elephant bearing the relics.

Below the platform of the pagoda, in a basin filled with water, is the head of a naga (fig.). This temple  is one of the four (fig.) entwined in the Shwe Daw Lay Su legend of King Anawrahta (fig.).