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29 March 2018
It was under restoration. Just in front of Chauk Htat Kyi pagoda. Use the same trip to visit both. The taxi from sule pagoda to here was 3000. The entrance es free. There are bathrooms relatively clean
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21 March 2018
The statue is bwing rehabilitated so I can clearly see it. What I love with every pagoda is the people's observance of proper behavior.
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08 March 2018
Across the street from the "famous" large reclining Buddha (see my post on that one), this one is even more of a let down. Yeah it's kind of big, and the wood carving behind it is somewhat impressive because of its size and intricate nature, but it is still not that impressive in the grand scheme of things. No need to spend more than 15 minutes here.
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08 March 2018
Buddha Images which devout Myanmar Buddhists built in the early days of British rule is the commonly known Nga Htat Kyi Buddha Image. About a mile east of Shwwedagon Pagoda is an enormous Buddha image in a sitting position housed in an iron Tazaung(pavilion) build on the summit of a wooded hillock in Bahan Township of Yangon. Third largest sitting Buddha Image in Yangon it bearsthe Pali name "Maha Thetkya Atula Man Aung " meaning "Great Thetkya Peerless Victor of all enemies". Thetkya was the name of the race to which Gotama Buddha belonge. Built of brick and cement concrete, the image takes the style of bhumiphasa siparsa mudra (earth touching posture) indication that the Buddha was calling upon Earth to stand witness to all his wholesome deeds.
A big stone slab bearing 80 lines of inscriptions on its front and back and a huge bell of 13 feet and 8 inches high, weighing 5000 viss bearing 63 lines of inscriptions on its body are found in the pavilion. These inscriptions tell us the history of the Image and biography of the donors.
Where the image now is situated was previously called "Ashey Tawya" (the great Eastern Forest Recules). A place where Buddhist monks of forest dweller type resided to pursue the path of a solitary holy life of forest monks meditation and practicing the teachings of the Buddha.response / report this review -
20 February 2018
A nice temple and quite an impressive Buddha image. Worth a visit, but be aware of people following you all the way telling you where to take a picture, telling you what you didn't ask and then asking you for a donation or telling you about their 81-years old uncle who is a monk and asking about a donation for that uncle after! There's a lot of them! Just ignore them!
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10 January 2018
nice to meditate place
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08 October 2017
Long walk up 5-storey to the Sitting Budha.
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06 August 2017
Serene Pagoda with huge Buddha statute, situated atop a hill. Along the route to the reclining Buddha. They also taught about Buddhism to locals at the back of this statute.
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09 May 2017
Awesome place to visit
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20 February 2017
Serene temple with huge statue of Buddha. Located up a hill away from the main roads & heavy traffic.
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26 September 2016
Another Hugh white buddha, close to chuak htat kyi pagoda.
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02 May 2016
I visited after Chaukhtatgyi Paya. It is just opposite to it. The long walk before entering the temple might let you give up, just keep walking you will find it is a nice and peaceful place to take good rest. And there are also come Thai buddha images there. I would recommend to add more English translations on the introduction of the history and buddha stature. Watch it with not much background story is not satisfied to the tourist I think. There is no entrance fee but a donation box in front writes "FOREIGNERS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTRIBUTE US AS YOUR WISH FOR RENOVATION OF THE PAGODA", I have donated but with uncomfortable feeling that I got a kind of force since I am a foreigner. As for me, I think a reasonable entrance fee is much better than this kind of donation.
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13 April 2016
A smaller but peaceful pagoda. There's a wall with an optical illusion installation.
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