Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha (Burmese: မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး); Pali: Mahāsakyaraṃsi) is a Buddhist temple in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar that houses a 32-foot (9.8 m) marble image of the standing Buddha that weighs 700 tonnes (690 long tons; 770 short tons).[1][2] The marble was sourced from a quarry 375 miles (604 km) north in Mandalay.[3] The image was enshrined on 20 June 2015 in the Gandhakuṭi Pavilion (ဂန္ဓကုဋိကျောင်းဆောင်). Construction efforts were undertaken by ACE Construction Group, owned by Tint Hsan.
| Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha Mahāsakyaraṃsi | |
|---|---|
မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Country | Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Myanmar |
| Geographic coordinates | 19°52′08″N 96°08′24″E / 19.868934°N 96.140135°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Naypyidaw Development Committee |
| Completed | 2015 |
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References edit
- ^ "Standing Buddha – Mahasakyaransi" (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး". Naypyitaw Development Committee (in Burmese). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "မဟာသကျရံသီဘုရား". ACE Construction Group. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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