The Man Buddha Temple ( my, မံဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple in
Sale,
Magway Region
Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, ...
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Myanmar
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that houses the Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha ( my, ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား).
The Buddha image is nearly tall, and purportedly floated from
Monywa
Monywa (; ) is the largest city in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin. Monywa is one of the largest economic cities in Myanmar.
It is also known as Neem city because many of the cit ...
to Sale in 1888 after extensive flooding in the area.
The hollow Buddha image is coated with gold lacquer, and is the largest lacquer Buddha image in Myanmar.
The style of the Buddha image dates to c. 1300.
See also
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Buddhism in Myanmar
Buddhism ( my, ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), specifically Theravāda Buddhism ( my, ထေရဝါဒဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), is the State religion of Myanmar since 1961, and practiced by nearly 90% of the population. It is the most rel ...
References
Buddhist temples in Myanmar
Buildings and structures in Magway Region
14th-century Buddhist temples
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