Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha Explained

Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha
Mahāsakyaraṃsi
Native Name:မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး
Coordinates:19.8689°N 96.1401°W
Religious Affiliation:Theravada Buddhism
Country:Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Founded By:Naypyidaw Development Committee

Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha (Burmese: မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး); Pali: Mahāsakyaraṃsi) is a Buddhist temple in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar that houses a 32feet marble image of the standing Buddha that weighs .[1] [2] The marble was sourced from a quarry north in Mandalay.[3] The image was enshrined on 20 June 2015 in the Gandhakuṭi Pavilion (ဂန္ဓကုဋိကျောင်းဆောင်). Construction efforts were undertaken by ACE Construction Group, owned by Tint Hsan.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standing Buddha – Mahasakyaransi. fr. 2018-10-27.
  2. Web site: မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး. Naypyitaw Development Committee. my. 2018-10-27.
  3. Web site: မဟာသကျရံသီဘုရား. ACE Construction Group. 2018-10-27.