Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda Explained

Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda
Coordinates:	19.9666°N 96.1504°W
Religious Affiliation:	Theravada Buddhism
Country:	Pobbathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Burma
Founded By:	Naypyidaw Development Committee

Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda (Burmese: သတ္တသတ္တာဟ မဟာဗောဓိစေတီတော်; Pali: Sattasattāhamahābodhi Cetiya) is a Buddhist temple on Udayaraṃsi hillock in Pobbathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar (Burma). The pagoda is a replica of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India.^[1] The replica is tall.

The buddhābhiṣeka ritual of the pagoda's main Buddha image was held on 13 May 2014.^[2]

The complex also houses replicas of key locations in Gautama Buddha's life (သံဝေဇနိယလေးဌာန), including his birth, his enlightenment, his preaching and his death, built for worshippers who have difficulties making a pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya.^[3]

See also

• Buddhism in Myanmar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nay Pyi Taw. Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar. en-US. 2018-10-27.
2. News: နေပြည်တော် သတ္တသတ္တာဟ မဟာဗောဓိစေတီတော်၌ ရွှေကြာသင်္ကန်းတော်ကပ်နှင့် ဗုဒ္ဓါဘိသေက အနေကဇာတင် မဟာမင်္ဂလာအခမ်းအနားကျင်းပ. Myanmar News Agency.
3. Web site: နေပြည်တော်ရှိ အထင်ကရနေရာများ. Naypyitaw Development Committee. en. 2018-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180831112924/http://nptdc.gov.mm/pages.php?pagename=%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AD%20%E1%80%A1%E1%80%91%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8#page-one. 2018-08-31. live.