 In June 2011, the Sitagu Sayadaw opened the Yangon campus of the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy in Dagon Township.Dagon ( ) was a small fishing village founded by the Mon in the 6th century, CE, around the Shwedagon Pagoda.Throughout much of the history, the village was just in the periphery of Thanlyin (Syriam), the commercial city located across the Yangon river.