Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha | |
Religious Affiliation: | Theravada Buddhism |
Map Type: | Burma |
Coordinates: | 20.8356°N 94.7455°W |
Country: | Sale, Magwe Region, Burma |
Year Completed: | c. |
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 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] The style of the Buddha image dates to c. 1300.