Mandalay Bodaw ( my, မန္တလေးဘိုးတော်, ; ) is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. The son of King Pallikara, possibly of the Pala dynasty of Bengal and brother of

Shingwa Shingwa ( my, ရှင်ကွ, ; ) is one of 37 nats in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. She was the sister of Mandalay Bodaw, one of the 37 nats, and killed together with her brother for hiding the brothers Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and Shwe Hpy ...

, one of the 37 nats. He was Ponna descent who had tended, taught and looked after Shwe Hpyin Nyi Naung brothers is their boyhood. During King

Anawrahta Anawrahta Minsaw ( my, အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone ...

’s reign he became a minister. In fact

Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw ( my, ရွှေဖျင်းညီတော်, ; ), also called Shwe Hpyin Nge (, ) or Min Lay (, ), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. Together known as Shwe Hpyin Nyinaung (Brothers) or Taung ...

and

Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw ( ; ), also called Shwe Hpyin Gyi ( ) or Min Gyi ( ), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. He is the elder brother of Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and the son of Popa Medaw, another ''nat''. Worshippers of this ...

being fatally punished happened to be primarily due to the fact that the guardian minister's way of teaching, tending and upbringing were merely wrong and defective for which he was fully responsible, teaching false lesson is a punishable offence. Getting wind of taking action against him the old man Bo Daw tried to run away with his elephant was caught red-handed just before absconding. The penalty inflicted on him was death, thus immediately after execution he became a Nat of Mandalay Bodaw. He is portrayed standing on a pedestal with a sword on his shoulder and a hand raised, pointing his finger.

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