Man Buddha Temple

Buddhist temple in Myanmar
20°50′08″N 94°44′44″E / 20.835648°N 94.745540°E / 20.835648; 94.745540ArchitectureCompletedc. 1300; 724 years ago (1300)

The Man Buddha Temple (Burmese: မံဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple in Sale, Magway Region, Myanmar that houses the Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha (Burmese: ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား).

The Buddha image is nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) tall, and purportedly floated from Monywa to Sale in 1888 after extensive flooding in the area.[1] The hollow Buddha image is coated with gold lacquer, and is the largest lacquer Buddha image in Myanmar.[2][1] The style of the Buddha image dates to c. 1300.[1]

See also

  • Buddhism in Myanmar

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bored of Bagan? Sneak off to Salay". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Mann Paya". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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