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.