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Kyauksein Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီ, lit. ' Jade Pagoda ' ), formally known as the Varocana Kyauksein Zedi (ဝေရောစန ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီတော်), is a Buddhist pagoda located in the outskirts of Amarapura , Mandalay Region , Myanmar (Burma).
Bagan (Burmese: ပုဂံ; MLCTS: pu.gam, IPA: [bəɡàɰ̃]; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Myanmar. [1] During the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan mainly lying in the Bagan Archaeological Zone. [2]
Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား; also known as the Great Marble Image) is a well-known Buddhist temple located near the southern entry to Mandalay Hill, Myanmar, opposite the northeastern corner of the Mandalay moat.
A statue of Thagyamin at the Kyauktan Yay-Le Pagoda. Thagyamin (Burmese: သိကြားမင်း, pronounced [ðədʑámɪ́ɰ̃]; from Sanskrit ၐကြ Śakra) is the highest-ranking nat (deity) in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. Considered as the king of Heaven, [5] he is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deities Indra. [6] [7 ...
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Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား; also known as the Taungthaman Kyauktawgyi) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Amarapura, Burma, near the Taungthaman Lake. [1] It was built in 1847 by King Pagan Min on the model of the Ananda Pagoda at Pagan. [1]
Burmese zedis are typically constructed with bricks, covered with whitewashed stucco. [9] Prominent zedis are gilded with gold. [ 9 ] Burmese zedis are crowned with a spired final ornament known as the hti , which is hoisted in a traditional ceremony (ထီးတော်တင်ပွဲ, htidaw tin pwe ) that dates to the pre-colonial era.
' Golden Dagon Pagoda '), and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa .