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Mingun

FieldValue
native_nameမင်းကွန်း ရွှာစု
official_nameMingun
pushpin_mapMyanmar
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Myanmar
image_skylineMingun.jpg
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMyanmar
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Sagaing Region
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Sagaing District
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3Sagaing Township
population_density_km2auto
coordinates
timezoneMMT
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Mingun ( ) is a village tract in Sagaing Township of Sagaing Region, north-west Myanmar, located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River on the west bank from Mandalay. Its main attraction is the ruined Mingun Pahtodawgyi.

Mingun Pahtodawgyi

Main article: Mingun Pahtodawgyi

The Mingun temple is a monumental uncompleted stupa begun by King Bodawpaya in 1790. It was not completed, due to an astrologer claiming that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. The completed stupa would have been the largest in the world at 150 m. Huge cracks are visible on the structure from the earthquake of 23 March 1839. Like many large pagodas in Myanmar, a pondaw paya or working model of the stupa can be seen nearby.

King Bodawpaya also had a gigantic bell cast to go with his huge stupa, the Mingun Bell weighing 90 tons, and is today the largest ringing bell in the world. The weight of the bell in Burmese measurement, is 55,555 viss or peiktha (1 viss = 1.63 kg), handed down as a mnemonic "Min Hpyu Hman Hman Pyaw", with the consonants representing the number 5 in Burmese astronomy and numerology.

Hsinbyume Pagoda

Main article: Hsinbyume Pagoda

Just a couple of hundred yards from the great stupa and bell lies the beautiful white Hsinbyume or Myatheindan Pagoda with a distinctive architectural style modelled after the mythical Mount Meru (Myinmo taung), built in 1816 by Bodawpaya's grandson and successor Bagyidaw and dedicated to the memory of his first consort Princess Hsinbyume (Lady of the White Elephant, granddaughter of Bodawpaya, 1789–1812) who died in childbirth.

Image:Burma08.jpg|Hsinbyume or Myatheindan pagoda in Mingun Image:Irrawaddy@Mingun.JPG|River Irrawaddy at Mingun Image:Myanmar Irrawaddy Minguin 200302130104.jpg|Mingun pagoda Image:Mingun 105.JPG|Mingun view File:Mingun Pagoda.JPG|Mingun Pagoda File:Mingun Bell 2016.JPG|Mingun Bell File:Settawya Pagode.jpg|The Settawya Pagoda in Mingun.

References

References

  1. "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit.
  2. "Mingun and the Unfinished Pagoda". Myanmar Travel Blog..
  3. [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000617/061781eo.pdf Burma:Preservation and restoration of national monuments and artifacts at selected sites], pages 5 and 9, [[UNESCO]], Paris, 1984.
  4. "The World's Three Largest Bells". Blagovest Bells.
  5. "The Mingun Bell". Myanmar's Net Inc..
  6. "Colonel Sladen's Account of Senbyoo Pagoda at Mengoon, 1868". [[SOAS]].
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