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Mandalay Hill |
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The natural landmark of Mandalay. The legends say that the
Lord Buddha visited Mandalay Hill and made a prediction that
a great city would be founded at the foot of the hill.
Mandalay Hill, 230 m in height, gave his name Mandalay to
the last ancient Myanmar capital and it can be enjoyed the
panoramic view of the countryside. |
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Maharmuni Pagoda |
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 It housed the sitting Buddha image of 12 feet and 7 inches
(3,8 meters) in height. King Bodaw Phaya brought this Buddha
image from Rakhine State to Mandalay in 1784. Every early
morning, a great amount of the pilgrims come to see the face
washing ceremony. Maharmuni Pagoda is the most famous in
Myanmar after Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and a visit to
Mandalay without Maharmuni is incomplete. |
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Mandalay Palace |
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Mandalay Palace, built by King Mindon when he moved his
palace from Amarapura to Mandalay in 1861 A.D to fulfill an
old prophecy; the legends say that the Lord Buddha visited
Mandalay Hill and made a prediction that a great city would
be founded at the foot of the hill. The greatful palace's
site was choosen by the suggestion of the astrologers and
the palace was built of teak on the brick foundation. It had
to be taken 5 years for the entire completion (from 1857 to
1861). Today, it remains only the walls of the palace and
the fire destroyed the old royal palace constructed with
teak and covered with gold during the Second World War. It
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reconstructed in brick masonry from photographic records,
plans and drawings. The
greater part of palace buildings was rebuilt to commemorate
the last Myanmar Kingdom. |
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Kuthodaw Pagoda |
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King Mindon built Kuthodaw Pagoda, a copy of Shwezigon
Bagoda in Bagan, in 1857. It is famous for its great
collection of 729 marble slabs which are inscribed the
whole of Buddhist scriptures approved by the 5th
Sangaryana and also known as the world biggest book. In
1871 King Mindon convened a meeting of 2 400 monks from
all over the contry to discuss the Buddhist texts. After
several months of the deliberation a new authorised
version was agreed on.The texts were then carved on to the
marble slabs and this became the authentic version of the
Tipitaka. |
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Shwe Nandaw
Monastery |
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It was formerly placed inside the Mandalay Palace and
removed to the present place during the reign of King Thibaw
in 1880. The legends say that the reason of the moving this
monastery is that the King Thibaw is afraid of the spirit of
his father King Mindon. It is famous for its fine
woodcarvings.
The
Shwenandaw is a wonderfully fragile yet grand example of
19th century Myanmar teak architecture and also a
significant masterpiece of the wood-carver’s art. |
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Atumashi Kyaung |
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Founded by King Mindon in 1878, Atushimashi Kyaung means the
"incomparable monastery", was partially destroyed by fire in
1890. The entire reconstruction was finished in the reign of
present goverment in 1996. It housed four valuable sets of
the Tipitaka (Buddhist sacred texts) and a nine metre high
standing Buddha with a huge diamond set into the forehead
which was stolen during the British Annexation. |
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Kyauktaw Gyi
Pagoda |
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The Buddha image housed in the pagoda was carved out of an
immense marble block and sculpted. King Mindon donated it
in 1865. |
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