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A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art. It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana . [ 1 ]
The interior holds ashes of Buddha and two Buddhist adherents, Ānanda and Maudgalyayana. Those relics were a gift from Myanmar as thanks for the sect's donations of medical supplies to children in both Nepal and Myanmar. [3] In 1995, 1,300 monks from Myanmar and Nepal attended the unveiling of the reclining Buddha statue. [3]
The pedestal is 13.5 m (44 ft) high. It is the second-tallest Buddha statue in the world after the Spring Temple Buddha in China. Construction of the statue was finished in 2008. [2] [3] On Banda vah mountain in Bodhi Tahtaung monastery, a Sitting Buddha statue is also being built for completing the last desire of Sayadawgyi, U Nārada. [4]
The temple features one of the world's longest reclining Buddha statues as well as several coloured statues of Yakshas and other mythical creatures. [3] Measuring from 32 m (105 ft) [4] to 33 m (108 ft) [8] from end to end, the statue also serves as a columbarium, [3] in which the urns of the cremated are housed.
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The original Reclining Buddha image was 8 metres and was the principal Buddha image of Phra Pathommachedi. Another room inside vihara is kept smaller Reclining Buddha image built by Mongkut, but the room is closing from public. On the lower terrace in front of vihara has many sacred trees that related to the story of Buddha as well as two ...
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