Sandamuni Pagoda

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Sandamuni Pagoda
စန္ဒာမုနိစေတီ
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Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
CountryMandalay, Mandalay Region, Burma
Sandamuni Pagoda is located in Myanmar
Sandamuni Pagoda
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates22°00′12″N 96°06′35″E / 22.003470°N 96.109758°E / 22.003470; 96.109758Coordinates: 22°00′12″N 96°06′35″E / 22.003470°N 96.109758°E / 22.003470; 96.109758
Architecture
FounderKing Mindon Min
Completed1874; 148 years ago (1874)

Sandamani Pagoda (Burmese: စန္ဒာမုနိစေတီ; formally နန်းမြေဘုံသာစံနန်းတော်ရာစန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located southwest of Mandalay Hill.[1] It was commissioned by King Mindon Min in 1874 as a memorial to Mindon Min's younger brother, Kanaung Mintha, who was assassinated along with 3 princes, Malun, Saku, and Maingpyin, during the 1866 Myingun Prince rebellion.[2][1] The pagoda was erected at the provisional location of the royal palace, the Nanmyay Bontha.[1]

This pagoda contains the graves of the Kanaung, Sagu Mintha, Malun and Maingpyin Princes.[2] It also contains an iron image of the Buddha cast by Bodawpaya in 1802, and removed from Amarapura by Mindon in 1874.[2] The statue reportedly weighs 40,924.8 pounds (18,563.2 kg).[1]

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  • (under repair)

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Fiala 2002.
  2. ^ a b c Mandalay 1910, p. 12.

References[]

  • List of Ancient Monuments in Burma (I. Mandalay Division). Vol. 1. Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1910.
  • Fiala, Robert D. (2002). "Sandamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar". Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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