Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda
| Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda | |
|---|---|
သတ္တသတ္တာဟ မဟာဗောဓိစေတီတော် | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Country | Pobbathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Burma |
| Geographic coordinates | 19°58′00″N 96°09′01″E / 19.966611°N 96.150353°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Naypyidaw Development Committee |
| Completed | 2015 |
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 162 feet (49 m) 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]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Nay Pyi Taw". Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ^ "နေပြည်တော် သတ္တသတ္တာဟ မဟာဗောဓိစေတီတော်၌ ရွှေကြာသင်္ကန်းတော်ကပ်နှင့် ဗုဒ္ဓါဘိသေက အနေကဇာတင် မဟာမင်္ဂလာအခမ်းအနားကျင်းပ". Myanmar News Agency.
- ^ "နေပြည်တော်ရှိ အထင်ကရနေရာများ". Naypyitaw Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
