Marble Buddha Yangon

Witness the largest marble buddha being carved in one stone.

Marble buddha yangon.

Kyauk daw kyi is a gigantic white buddha. Administrative office address. This sitting buddha image is curved out from a single marble stone. Kyauktawgyi buddha temple burmese.

This stone was carved in mandalay and was transported via river to yangon. 677 pyay road 10th miles sawbwargyigone award insein township yangon. Also known as the great marble image is a well known buddhist temple located near the southern entry to mandalay hill myanmar opposite the northeastern corner of the mandalay moat the image of the buddha is officially known as maha thetkya mayazein burmese. This place is just 2 km from the airport and can arrive within mins.

Statue of buddha bs 001 bs 002 bs 003 bs 004 bs 005. I also recommend wearing sunglasses as the reflections from the marble and gold get pretty bright. Lion and serpent naga decorating the stairs leading to the main chapel entrance.

This is one of the biggest marble buddha images in yangon myanmar with a height of 37ft 11m and a weight of weighs over 600 tons. It is said to be carvevd from single piece of marble in mandalay and shipped by boat and train. Foreigner will need to pay 5000 kyat entrance fee. The temple houses a 25 feet 7 6 m feet tall buddha called the loka chantha abhaya labha muni လ ကခ မ သ အဘယလဘ မ န ရ ပ ပ တ မ တ က.

I visited the shwe dagon pagoda and for a buddha i headed to the marble buddha in yangon on a day of sightseeing in the former myanmar capital. The best times to visit are early mornings and late evenings as the whole complex is exposed to the sun. Kyauktawgyi buddha temple burmese. Kyauk daw kyi pagoda is in insein township and it is famous for it s white marble stone buddha.

The classical name of this image is lawkachantha abaya labamuni meaning world peace and prosperity. As we know myanmar is rich in natural stone. Yangon is full of buddhas pagodas and temples and that can make it difficult to pick which ones you want to visit. Beautiful marble buddha image in yangon see 81 traveler reviews 139 candid photos and great deals for yangon rangoon myanmar at tripadvisor.

Rumour has it that sule paya was built during buddha s times 2 600 years ago which would make it the oldest of the yangon temples. How to get to the marble buddha in yangon. We visited here in early evening some locals were cooling here for breeze at hilltop.