Mandalay


Mandalay






Maha Myat Muni


Mahamuni
-The 4 metre high seated image is cast in bronze and weigh 6.5 tons. The crown is decorated with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires
- cast in the Buddha life time and the portrait of Buddha.
-King Bodawpaya brought the Image from Arakan to the Amarapura
-The early morning ritual of washing the Face of the Buddha -Image draws a large crowd of devotees everyday
-It has completely covered with 15cm thick gold leaves
-a visit to Mandalay would be incomplete without visiting there

Royal Palace


-Is was built in 1857.
-With four sided walls 8 metres high and 3 metres thick
-Each side of the walls is 2 kilometres long and surrounded with 70 metres wide and 3 metres deep moats.
-Inside that as great Audience Hall, the Chamber of the Lion Throne and other chambers, Pavilions, Treasury, Glass Palace, Watch Tower, Armoury, and so on.
-All the Buildings were built by massive teak wood and traditional carvings and are gilded by gold leaves.
-20th March 1945, it was destroyed by fire
-The walls, the city gates with pavilions and moat present
-In 1996, It has been reconstructed.