Good close-up of the Pagoda, Keith. The one I linked shows too much construction in front of it.
Kipling's poem has her "looking lazy at the sea...." Not sure what you mean by eastward. She would be looking across Karan State to Thailand.

Mandalay is inland to the north, a long way up river (Irrawaddy) from Rangoon (old spelling).


This map shows Moulmein, Rangoon (across the bay from Mandelay) and Mandelay:
http://images.nationmaster.com/images/motw/middle_east_and_asia/burma.gif