Umin Thonze Pagoda
| Umin Thonze Pagoda | |
|---|---|
ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား | |
 Inside view of the Umin Thonze | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Sagaing |
| Geographic coordinates | 21°54′42″N 95°59′26″E / 21.9115549°N 95.9904873°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1330s 1847 (renovated) |
The Umin Thonze Pagoda (Burmese: ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa, located in the Sagaing Hills, Myanmar.[1][2] The pagoda was founded by King Tarabya I (r. 1327–1335/36) of Sagaing.[citation needed] It was renovated in 1643 and in 1723.[3] In 1838, the pagoda was essentially destroyed by a major earthquake. King Pagan Min (r. 1846–53) rebuilt the pagoda, completing it in 1847.[note 1] It has a cave with 45 seated Buddha images arranged in a curved formation and behind them decorated with sparkling glass-works.
Notes
[edit]- ^ (Khin Maung Nyunt 2006: 98) translates the 13th waxing of Tabaung [1208 ME] as March 1846 CE but the professor's translation is incorrect. Per the Konbaung Set Yazawin chronicle (Maung Maung Tin, Vol. 3 2004: 56), King Pagan Min's coronation ceremony took place on Saturday, 13th waxing of Tabaung 1208 ME, which translates to Saturday, 27 February 1847.
References
[edit]- ^ "ထူးချားသော လက္ရာႏွင့္ စိတ္ဝင္စားဖြယ္ရာ စစ္ကိုင္းစာမရီ ေတာင္ထိပ္ဖ်ားရွိ ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား" (in Burmese).
- ^ "သီတင်းကျွတ်လပြည့်နေ့တွင် စစ်ကိုင်းတောင်ပေါ်ရှိ ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီတော်သို့ ဘုရားဖူး လာရောက်သူများဖြင့် စည်ကားခဲ့" (in Burmese).
- ^ Khin Maung Nyunt 2006: 98
Bibliography
[edit]- Khin Maung Nyunt (2006). Radio Talks on Myanma Culture. Vol. 1. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.
- Maung Maung Tin, U (2004) [1905]. Konbaung Set Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Umin Thonze Pagoda at Have Camera Will Travel
