Sanda Muni Central Golden and Surrounding Stupas (Mandalay) - Burma 2010 [HD]
Sanda Muni Central and Surrounding Stupas [also see Picasa album: ]
Sandamuni Paya near Mandalay Hill, Burma
Video at Sandamuni Paya in Mandalay, Burma
Sanda Muni Pagoda in Mandalay
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Sanda Muni Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. A lots of white pagoda in there and really beautiful. The location is close to the Mandanaly Hill. And there is a Kuthdaw Pagoda close to Sanda Muni Pagoda. I recommend you to go to these Pagoda.
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Ringing the bell @ Sanda Muni Pagoda Mandalay Myanmar
Ringing the bell @ Sanda Muni Pagoda Mandalay Myanmar
Birma/Myanmar - Mandalay: Mahamuni, pagoda Kuthodaw
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Mahamuni Buddha Temple (Mandalay, Myanmar)
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple / မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး (also called the Mahamuni Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay. The Mahamuni Buddha image (literal meaning: The Great Sage) is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan. It is highly venerated in Burma and central to many people's lives, as it is seen as an expression of representing the Buddha's life.
Ancient tradition refers to only five likenesses of the Buddha, made during his lifetime; two were in India, two in paradise, and the fifth is the Mahamuni Buddha image in Myanmar. According to the legend, the Buddha visited the Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC. King Sanda Thuriya requested that an image was cast of him. After casting the Great Image, the Buddha breathed upon it and thereafter the image became the exact likeness of the Mahamuni.
The Mahamuni Buddha image itself is housed in a small chamber, seated on a throne in a divine posture known as the Bhumisparsa Mudra. This posture or mudra symbolises Buddha's vanquishing of Mara). The legs are crossed with feet turned inwards, and the right hand touches the ground ritualistically, as a witness of his past deeds. The image is cast in bronze and weighs 6.5 tonnes and is erected on a 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) high pedestal and reaches a height of 3.82 metres (12.5 ft). Its shoulders measure 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) and its waist measures 2.9 metres (9.5 ft). It is draped in royal costumes with Brahmanic cords (salwe) and regalia crossing his chest. The image is crowned, bejewelled with diamonds, rubies and sapphires. The left hand appears imprecise, unusually large, and is seen resting in the lap with an upturned palm.
Gold leaves are regularly applied to the face of the Mahamuni Buddha by male devotees. Consequent to the frequent application of gold leaves, the coating of gold (thickness 15 centimetres (5.9 in)) has given a shapeless contour to the Mahamuni image. However, it is also noted that the right hand, crown and other iconographic characteristics of royalty are free of gold leaf covering, which gives an impression that these were later additions to the original image of the Mahamuni. In 1884, when the pagoda was burnt down, 91 kilograms (201 lb) of gold was recovered from the site, which represents the continued historical veneration and perpetuation of the cult of Mahamuni.
Sandamuni Pagoda, Mandalay
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Sanda Muni Image
Sanda Muni Image
Sutaungpyay Paya Pagoda, top of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, Myanmar.
Myanmar 2012 - Mandalay Kuthodaw Paya - world's biggest book (1113)
Kuthodaw Paya and Sandamuni Paya. The world's biggest book: teachings of the Buddha consisting of Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma. 729 slabs with the 15 books of the Triptaka. Commentaries and sub commentaries inscribed on 1774 marble slabs erected by Ukhan Ti The Hermit in a.d. 1913.
Mahamuni, Mandalay (Myanmar)
Maha Myat Muni Paya and Buddha (Mandalay) - Burma 2010 [HD]
Marble stone-carving workshops line the street across from the west entrance to the Maha Myat Muni Paya, located in southwest Mandalay, where Myanmar's most ancient and Mandalay's most revered Myat (Maha) Muni Buddha image is enshrined. The 4m high Maha Muni Buddha image is cast in bronze and weigh 6.5 tons. Countless thousands of devotees apply gold leaf to gain merit, the image is now completely covered with 15 cm thick gold. [see also Picasa album: ]
Birma -Mandalay - Nylon Hotel , Sandamuni Pagoda , Zegyo , Mahamuni Image
Mandalay - Nylon Hotel , Mandalay Hill , Sandamuni Pagoda , Zegyo Market , Mahamuni Image
Dworzec autobusowy w Mandalay
Best Things to Do in Mandalay in Three Days, Myanmar
Hi guys, I’m Péricles Rosa. Today I’m going to show you how to get the best out of three days in Mandalay.
One of the best things to do in Mandalay is to explore the city by bike. Mandalay is a flat city and its streets are laid out in a grid, so it’s almost impossible to get lost.
On a bike, you can get a better sense of the city and visit some of the most important points of interest.
I went to Maharani Buddha temple. To enter the temple, you have to take your shoes off and cover your knees, so I had to wear a longyi, a kind of skirt that is very popular in Myanmar.
This temple is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country.
The Buddha statue, the most revered in Myanmar, is 3.8m tall and weighs 6.5 tons. To pay their respects, male devotees regularly apply gold leaf to the statue.
In the temple complex, there are also six large bronze Khmer statues, taken from Angkor Wat in Cambodia. You should put Maharani Buddha Temple on your things to do in Mandalay list.
After leaving the Mahamuni temple, I went to the stone-carving district along Sagaing-Mandalay Road.
It was fascinating to see the skilled craftsmen and –women using electrical tools to carve and sculpt the marble into beautifully delicate Buddha statues, before polishing and painting them. Visiting the stone-carving district is definitely one of the best things to do in Mandalay.
Another advantage of exploring by bike is discovering places or things you’d never imagined.This tower is part of Ma Soe Yein, the biggest monastery in Mandalay.
On to another monastery, this time the Shwenandan monastery, built in 1878 out of teak wood in the traditional Burmese style.
This was my favourite point of interest in Mandalay – the elaborate, intricate and very detailed carving work is awe-inspiring!
At the end of the afternoon, the best place to be in the city is Mandalay Hill. You can see for miles and the sunset is stunning. Watching the sunset in Mandalay Hill is one of the top things to do in Mandalay.
To finish a long first day, I visited Kyauk Tan Gyi, a pagoda that is colourfully lit up at night and has one of the biggest marble Buddha statues in the whole of Myanmar.
On my second day, I started off by hiring a motor taxi to take me to Amarapura, a township on the outskirts of Mandalay. There, at the Mahagandhayon Monastery, I witnessed the monks’ lunchtime ritual – a spectacular sight, with a thousand monks in burgundy robes lining up to collect their food donations.
To get to Sagging, my next destination, I took a bus but I was not prepared for what turned up! Holding on to the back of an overloaded truck was a bit uncomfortable and probably dangerous but I had a lot of fun.
Upon arrival, I visited the Kaunghmudan pagoda, a large temple on the outskirts of the town, before hitchhiking to Sagaing Hill.
My first stop was the U Min Thonze pagoda. This pagoda is stunningly colourful.
I visited some other points of interest in Sagaing. The city is famous for the hundreds of white pagodas, gold stupas and numerous monasteries that dot its hilly landscape.
Last stop in Sagging was the Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda.
In Mandalay, I visited a gold leaf workshop on the spur of the moment, where I saw the entire gold leaf making process. 12g of solid gold from the north of Mandalay and some bamboo paper are put in layers into a box made from deer leather. The box is then beaten until the gold is 0.0003mm thick and the gold leaf is formed.
On my last day in Mandalay, I took yet another form of transport, this time a ferry, to Mingun, about 11km away.
The principal tourist attraction is Mingun Pahtodangyi, a monumental unfinished pagoda.
Not far from the pagoda is the Mingun bell.
Nearby is the Hsinbyome pagoda, which is built in a very different style from all the other pagodas in Myanmar. I loved this very striking and distinctive pagoda! Taking a tour to Mingun is one of the top things to do in Mandalay area.
Time to go back to Mandalay and visit one of the most popular points of interest and historically important sites in the city, Mandalay Palace.
Very close to the palace is Sandamuni Paya, with its 1774 white stupas surrounding a central gilded pagoda. In front of Sandamuni is the Kuthodaw pagoda, built in a very similar style, where you can walk in between the stupas. Kuthodaw is very picturesque and undoubtedly one of the best things to do in Mandalay.
Then I went to Amarapura again, this time to watch the sunset over the U Bein bridge.
To finish my three days in Mandalay, I attended the world-famous Moustache Brothers’ show. Watching the Moustache Brothers’ show is definitely a memorable way to end your trip to Mandalay.
Htilaingshin Paya in Inwa (near Mandalay), Myanmar 24-12-07
Htilaingshin Paya in Inwa (near Mandalay), Myanmar - Monday 24 December 2007
Face Washing Mahamuni Buddha Image,Mandalay,Myanmar
Teachings of the Buddha - Sandamuni Pagoda
Teachings of the Buddha, consisting of commentaries and sub commentaries inscribed on 1774 marble slabs erected by Ukhan TI, the Ermit, in A.D 1313.
Mandalay, Myanmar.
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Must do in Sanda Muni Pagoda,Mandalay,Myanmar! Thanaka on face
Must do in Sanda Muni Pagoda,Mandalay,Myanmar
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