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MANDALAY
Myanmar
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Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last
royal capital of Burma. When it was founded in
1857, the royal city was officially named
Yadanabon, the Burmese version of "(city) full of
gems
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Mandalay Palace Moat and Wall The whole palace
complex was destroyed by fire during the Second
World War A bastion at the Palace Wall
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The palace walls, the four gates and the moat
still stand today as evidence of the majestic
palace city. Each side of the square fortress
measures 2 km in length, 8 m in high and more
than 2 m in average thick-ness
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The wall and moat of the Mandalay Fort at the
city centre
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Mandalay Hill
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The Mandalay Hill is situated to the north-east
corner of the Mandalay Royal Palace It lies from
north to south, its altitude being 236.5m above
sea level and its height going up to 167.64m
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King Mindon, who founded the Royal City of
Yatanabon, built the Mya Nan San Kyaw, the Royal
Palace, on 6th waning day of Kason, M.E 1221 (A.D
1857)
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Mandalay Palace Watch Tower
The Royal Palace is surrounded by the rectangular
shaped walls, each of which stretches 8.25
kilometres long, and again by the moat which is
68.58m wide and 3.35m deep. Formerly, there
existed 114 royal apartments, which, being built
on 3.35m high platform, covered 152.4m wide
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Formerly, there existed 114 royal apartments,
which, being built on 3.35m high platform,
covered 152.4m wide
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Mandalay Palace
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Mandalay Palace Watch Tower
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On 17 March, 1945, during the air raid of the
British forces against the Japanese, the Royal
Palace was ruined into ashes
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With the objective of re-establishing the
milestone in Myanmar tradition and ancient times,
when Myanmar had their own monarchs, their own
royal palace and their own sovereignty, the Royal
Palace has been renovated and restored faithfully
into its original structure
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The 89 main halls were re-built with reference to
the original photographs, pictures, palm-leaf
manuscripts with reference to the original
photographs, pictures, palm leaf manuscripts
about the royal apartments and the miniature
model of the royal palace. On 18-9-96, the
complete construction of the Mya Nan San Kyaw the
Golden Palace was successfully celebrated
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Mandalay City Development Committee has been
undertaking the task of removing the pond scum of
the moat as the cleaning work of the royal moat,
which bears a grace and a pride to the city 4
large-scale pond scum-removing machines, 3 small
pond scum-removing machines and 62 appointed
workers remove about seven tons of pound scum per
day. Activities such as mowing and making the
crash barriers even, replacing the dead plants
with new ones, and giving care to the growth of
the plants have been routine tasks
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Mandalay Palace
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Kandawgyi Lake of Mandalay
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Mandalay local bus
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The Pyi- Gyi-Mon Royal Barge was a ceremonial
boat intended exclusively as conveyance for the
king and king alone. He is accompanied only by
his aide-de-camp, a ranking general, and a detail
of security guards. Even his chief queen is not
permitted to travel along with him
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The Pyi Gyi Mon Royal Barge was the type of water
vessel taken by the kings of the olden days while
touring the country and in celebrating the Annual
waterway Parade. An exact replica of the
"Pyi-Gyi-Mon", the literal translation of which
means the "Great Noble Country", can be seen in
the waters of the Mandalay Kan Taw Gyi Lake. The
Pyi Gyi Mon Royal Barge is 37.18m long and 14.93m
wide. Its deck is .91m high above water. It rests
on 215 pillars riveted deep into the water. The
garden covers 0.607hectares
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Mahamuni Buddha Temple
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The Mahamuni Buddha Temple (also called the
Mahamuni Pago-da) is a Buddhist temple and major
pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay
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The Mahamuni Buddha image (literal meaning The
Great Sage) is deified in this temple, and
originally came from Arakan. It is highly
venerated in Burma and central to many people's
lives, as it is seen as an expression of
representing the Buddha's life
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Ancient tradition refers to only five likenesses
of the Buddha, made during his lifetime two were
in India, two in paradise, and the fifth is the
Mahamuni Buddha image in Myanmar
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According to the legend, the Buddha visited the
Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC. King Sanda
Thuriya requested that an image was cast of him.
After casting the Great Image, the Buddha
breathed upon it, and thereafter the image became
the exact likeness of the Mahamuni
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The Mahamuni Buddha image is housed in a small
chamber, seated on a throne in a divine posture
known as the Bhumisparsa Mudra. The image is
cast in bronze and weighs 6.5 tonnes and is
erected on a 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) high pedestal
and reaches a height of 3.82 metres (12.5 ft).
Its shoulders measure 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) and
its waist measures 2.9 metres (9.5 ft)
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The image is cast in bronze and weighs 6.5 tonnes
and is erected on a 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) high
pedestal and reaches a height of 3.82 metres
(12.5 ft). Its shoulders measure 1.84 metres
(6.0 ft) and its waist measures 2.9 metres
(9.5 ft)
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Khmer bronze at Mahamuni -Triple headed elephant
also known as Airavata
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Gold leaves are regularly applied to the Mahamuni
Buddha by male devotees. Consequent to the
frequent application of gold leaves, the coating
of gold (thickness 15 centimetres has given a
shapeless contour to the Mahamuni image. In
1884, when the pagoda was burnt down, 91
kilograms of gold was recovered from the site,
which represents the continued historical
veneration and perpetuation of the cult of
Mahamuni
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Mandalay is Burma's cultural and religious center
of Buddhism, having numerous monasteries and more
than 700 pagodas
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