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Mandalay Travel Guide – pagodas and monasteries in the town

Bamarlay — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:31:28 +0000

Shweinbin Monastery This beautiful monastery is located in the south west corner of Mandalay City, on 89th street between 38th and 39th streets. Called simply by the locals as “Teak Monastery”, it was built in 1895 by a Chinese jade merchant U Set Shwin. It has very fine 19th century wood carvings and wood arts depicting the life of Gautama Buddha. These are carved in beautiful detailed carvings. The whole building is on a classical teak foundation with long teak poles. The monastery is very peaceful and rarely crowded. The surrounding of the monastery is also like a small peaceful village of monks. Famous Ma Soe Yein Monastery is just across the bridge to the south of Shweinbin Monastery. Setkyathiha Pagoda This pagoda is situated at the corner of 31st Street and 85th Street. Built by King Thibaw in 1884, the main interest of the pagoda is the large 5 meter tall seated bronze image of Gautama Buddha. Originally cast by King Bagyidaw of Ava in 1823 in Ava (Inwa, the old capital just near Mandalay on the bank of Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwaddy River), the image was subsequently moved to Amarapura in 1849 (when the Burmese capital was moved to [...]

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Mandalay Travel Guide – Kuthodaw Pagoda

Bamarlay — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:34:01 +0000

Kuthodaw pagoda is situated at the base of the South East stairway (zaungdan) of Mandalay Hill, just to the east of Sandamuni (Sandamani) Pagoda. The pagoda is surrounded by high walls on all four sides, with the central structure being the Maha Lawkamarazein Paya (Stupa). The central stupa is 30 meter high (57 meters from the ground level), and is modeled after the famous Shwezigon Pagoda of Bagan, the merit of King Anawrahta. It has a compound of 13 acres. What make this pagoda so special is the 729 Pitaka Pagodas surrounding the central stupa. These Pitaka pagodas are called Dhammazedis (Pagodas that house the teaching of Gautama Buddha). The Kuthodaw Pagoda and the Pitaka Pagodas were built in 1860. Each Dhammazedi houses a marble tablet with inscription of Buddhia’s teaching (Tripitaka or Tipitaka). It took 2,400 monks six months to recite the whole texts of Tripitaka (Tipitika) during the Fifth Buddhist Synod of 1872. The marble slabs that record the Tripitika were carved from Sagyin Hill marble 12 miles north of Mandalay. This is the same Sagyin Quarry from which Kyauktawgyi Buddha image was carved. Each marble stone slab is 5 feet high, 3 feet 6 inches wide and [...]

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Mandalay Travel Guide – Sandamuni Pagoda

Bamarlay — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:10:26 +0000

Sandhamuni or Sandamani Pagoda Sandhamuni Pagoda or Sandamani Pagoda was built in 1874 by King Mindon, the founder of Mandalay. It is situated to the east of Kyauktawgyi Pagoda, near the base of the Mandalay Hill. The Sandhamuni (Sandamani) Pagoda was built at the site of the temporary palace where King Mindon stayed during the construction of the Royal Palace. It was here that the palace rebellion of 1866 took place, where Crown Prince Kanaung was assassinated during the rebellion. After the rebellion, Prince Kanaung was cremated at this place, and a pagoda built over his tomb. This pagoda is the Sandhamuni (Sandamani) Pagoda. The structure of the Sandhamuni (Sandamani) Pagoda resemble the nearby Kyauktawgyi Pagoda due to the presence of a large number of slender white washed ancillary stupas on the ground. In the middle of the Pagoda is a large iron Buddha image. Originally cast by the King Bodawpaya of Amarapura in 1802, the iron Buddha image was moved to Mandalay in 1974 by King Mindon and enshrined in the Sandhamuni (Sandamani) Pagoda. The iron Buddha is 18.5 tons weigh and covered with gold all over. Statues of 80 arahats (disciples of Buddha) were also moved from their [...]

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Mandalay Travel Guide – Kyauktawgyi Pagoda

Bamarlay — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:17:41 +0000

Introduction and Historical Note Located near the south stairway (Zaungdan) of Mandalay Hill is Kyauktawgyi Pagoda. The pagoda was the merit of the King Mindon who was also the builder of Mandalay. The construction of Kyauktawgyi Pagoda started in 1853 but could finish only in 1878, partly due to its massive size and partly to the palace rebellion of 1866. It was modeled after famous Ananda Temple of Bagan, with the main structure being a huge sitting Buddha Image, carved from a single massive block of marble. The original marble stone was brought from the Sagyin Mountain Query twelve miles north of Mandalay City. The huge marble stone was carried on a massive raft along the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwaddy) River to the river bank near Mandalay. From there, it took 10,000 men 13 days to carry the stone to its current place near the base of Mandalay Hill. Structure Originally modeled after the Ananda Temple of Bagan, the pagoda differs considerably from Ananda Temple at the time of completion. In the centre of the Pagoda structure is a shrine which houses the huge marble sitting Buddha which was carved from a single marble stone. The Buddha is a Bhumisparsha Mudra which [...]

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