Andaw Thein ( my, အံတော်သိမ်ဘုရား ''amtau sim bhu.ra:'', ''Añṯotheiñ hpăyà'') is a
Buddhist temple in
Mrauk U
Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District.
Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many ...
located at the northwest corner of the
Shite-thaung Temple. The name means 'Tooth Shrine'. It contains a
tooth relic of the Buddha brought over from
Sri Lanka. It was first built as an
ordination hall between 1515 and 1521 by King
Thazata, and restored by
Min Bin between 1534 and 1542.
[Gutman 2001: 112] It was later expanded into a temple by King
Raza II in order to house a tooth relic of the Buddha he brought back from his pilgrimage to
Ceylon, either in 1596 or 1606–1607.
[(Gutman 2001: 112) says he rebuilt the Andaw Thein in 1596 after the Ceylon trip. But chronicles (Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 84) mention just one pilgrimage to Ceylon, leaving for the island state in ]Tazaungmon
Tazaungmon ( my, တန်ဆောင်မုန်း; also spelt Tazaungmone) is the eighth month of the traditional Burmese calendar.
Festivals and observances
* Kahtein (Thadingyut - Tazaungmon)
*Full moon of Tazaungmon
** Tazaungdaing Fest ...
968 ME (31 October 1606 to 28 November 1606). This means he probably had the structure enlarged in 1607.
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{{Buddhist sites in Myanmar
Buddhist temples in Rakhine State
Pagodas in Myanmar
17th-century Buddhist temples
1521 establishments in Asia
16th-century establishments in the Mrauk-U Kingdom
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1607