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Mingun

When you arrive at Mandalay or Sagaing, your journey is not complete without visiting Mingun. Mingun is a small village located across the western bank of the majestic Ayerwaddy River north of Mandalay, and is famous for many Buddhist shrines. Monasteries, meditation centres and monuments of historical and cultural importance, namely the Mingun Bell which is the world second largest ringing bell weighing 90 tons. Mingun is accessible by boat and by land, but the boat ride is recommended for your trip to be pleasant with plenty of life on the river to see.

Places of interest

Mingun Pahtodawgyi

The main attraction of Mingun is the ruined Mingun Pahtodawgyi. When you come along the motor way to Mingun from Sagaing, you will first arrive at Kandawgyi, one of the prominent big four in Mingun. Kandawgyi was formed while digging earth to make bricks for building of Mingun Pahtodawgyi. King Bodawpaya built Mingun Pahtodawgyi aiming to worship from Shwebo in the distance where he has ascended the throne. The remaining ruins are the indications of a massive construction project begun by King Bodawpaya in 1790, using thousands of prisoners of war from his expansionist campaigns and slaves working on the construction of the stupa which imposed a heavy toll over the people and the state, thus a prophecy was allegedly created, to stop the project by claiming that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. Therefore, the construction was intentionally left unfinished and was stopped at 162 feet height. Its girth is about 450 square feet. If the stupa had been completed it would have been the largest in the world at 150 metres (490 ft). This unfinished structure was badly damaged with cracks by the earthquake of 1838 but it is still the largest brick base in the world. At the east stairway of Pahtodawgyi, there are two enormous prominent statues of lions facing the Ayeyawaddy river which has become one of the tourist attractions in Mingun.

Mingun Bell

King Bodawpaya dedicated a big bronze bell near the Mingun Cedi at Mingun on the west bank of the Ayeyawaddy River facing Mandalay. The Bell was made of bronze; but it is said that Buddhist devotees inserted gold, silver ornaments and jewellery into the bronze. The Bell measures eleven cubits and four thits (fingers) in diameter at its mouth; 33 cubits. one mit (6 inches) and four thits in circumference and 13 cubits, one mit and four thits in height. It weighs 55555 viss. It is the world's biggest ringing bell.

MYATHEINDAN PAGODA

HSINBYUME OR MYATHEINDAN PAGODA, Built by King Bagyidaw in 1816, three years before he succeeded Bodawpaya as king, the pagoda was constructed in memory of his senior wife the Hsinbyume princess. It is built as a representation of the Sulamani Pagoda which according to the Buddhist plan of the cosmos, stands atop Mount Meru. The seven wavy terraces around the pagoda represent the seven mountain ranges around Mount Meru. This pagoda was badly damaged in 1838 by a quake but King Mindon restored it in 1874.

MINGUN HOME FOR THE AGED

It is one of the tourist attractions. It was founded by Daw Oo Zun herself in senior year in 1915 with a view to looking after old destitute and in need of care and comfort. It is the first home for the ages establish in Myanmar.