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Monywa, Bodhi Tahtaung, Thambuddhe Pagoda,  Samsara, Alaungtaw Kassapa,
forest reserve, trekking and elephant ride, Myanmar, Burma, flora, fauna, tigers

 

Monywa, is the gateway to the Chindwin river,

a tributary of the Ayeyawady river, 65 miles (105 km) from Sagaing. It is the hub of Upper Myanmar trade and all the agricultural products passed through its station. It is also the main route of commerce and trade through India-Myanmar Border trade.

There are two renowned pagodas in the town, Mohnyin Thambuddhe Pagoda  and Hsu-Taung-Pyae pagodas, highly revered by the town folks. The annual festival of the two pagodas coincides in the same month of Thadingyut (October) and is overcrowded with pilgrims and devotees.

The festival bazaar opened for the occasion is extended from one pagoda to another almost in a straight line connecting the two shrines. All kinds of commodities, textiles, clothing, carpets, tapestries, brass wares, mats of fine textiles, beds and pillows, and many other items. Besides, there are shops catering Myanmar delicacies
and food.

Thambuddhe Pagoda

This Mohnyin Thambuddhe Pagoda is just 7 miles (11.2651 km) south of Monywa. It was founded by the famed Mohnyin Sayadaw, after years of solitary meditation in that forested area without speaking a word to others as instructed by his Master, Maha Thera Ledi Sayadaw. After completion of the targeted period of time (Years), the Master permitted his pupil to build a monastery and a pagoda there.

It is a big and baffling question how could Mohnyin Sayadaw be able to carry out such the big task of building such a magnificent 

monywa thambuddhe pagoda entrance

Monywa pagoda complex like world-famous Borobodur of Indonesia, very similar in architectural design. The imposing and superb Pagoda surrounded by satellite stupas, 864 in number bright and shining in the tropical sun from the glass mosaic covering outer and inner surfaces, each measuring 132 ft in height and gilded all over.

In the entire complex of Thambuddhe, there are colonnades of pillars resembling the Mahabodhi Pagoda of Bagan (the 13th century Mahabodhi), each one of the pyramidal pillars of Thambuddhe are made up of tiers, each housing row of seated Buddha images.

monywa thambuddhe pagoda myanmar burma

The pillars are topped by stupas of various sizes.

Not only the pillars are filled with Buddha images but the terraces and stupas all around the complex contain seated pagoda images in the niches.

All in all, the confounding total Buddha images are 582.363, all executed in the uniform size. The remarkable Ven. Mohnyin Sayadaw built this huge Pagoda complex in 1929, on an arid and deserted land covering 37 acres. At that time, it was in the nature of a thick forest. It took more than 10 years to complete. Whoever took refuge at the pagoda area escaped the

ravages of World War II as it is a noted place of purity and peace.

Monywa inside Thambuddhe Pagoda
Monywa insideThambuddhe Pagoda
Monywa inside Thambuddhe Pagoda
 
Monywa insideThambuddhe Pagoda Buddha Standing
Monywa insideThambuddhe Pagoda Buddha Standing
Monywa insideThambuddhe Pagoda Lady Pray
Monywa insideThambuddhe Pagoda Lady Pray
Monywa around Bodhi Tahtaung Pagoda
Monywa around Bodhi Tahtaung Pagoda
Bodhi Tahtaung Pagoda

Bodhi Tahtaung lies quite close to Thambuddhe Pagoda. In the precincts a thousand Bo Trees are planted with a shrine for each tree. It is a grand and splendid sight. Moreover there is also a massive Bodhi Ta Htaung Reclining Buddha Image.

Another Pagoda known as Aung Setkya Pagoda is also constructed, 225 ft in height in addition to the base which is 216.75 ft, therefore the total height of the Pagoda is 441.75 ft. The Pagoda is surrounded by 1060 satellite pagodas.

Monywa and nuns
Monywa and nuns
Monywa and Chindwin River
Monywa and Chindwin River
Alaungdaw Kassapa

This famous Forest Reserve Area, Alaungdaw Kassapa, is 60 miles north-west of Monywa district in the Yinmabin Township. The journey involves 17 miles of tough trekking and elephant ride, ups and downs of difficult terrain. This travel is definitely a good attraction and interest to the hikers and the bold and the brave.
alaungdaw kassapa elephant monywa myanmar burmaLegend

During the life-time of Lord Gautama Buddha, Shin Maha Kassapa occupied a second spot in seniority amongst Buddha is highest Disciples. After Buddha’s demise, Ven. Maha Kassapa convened the First Buddhist Synod (Council) for the purification and perpetuation of Buddha Sasana at Razagyo kingdom.

In one of his former existences, the round of Samsara (Round of Rebirths) Ven. Maha Kassapa had kept a small bird playfully between small rocks causing its death. For that bad deed, or evil Kamma (Action), the Rev.Maha Thera, Maha Kassapa had to pay in his last life before liberation or deliverance from Samsara or attaining Nirvana. Ven. Maha Kassapa knew the effects fully well – he has to pay for that misdeed. Near the cave, he made a solemn vow that his corps would burn only in the hands of potential Arimettaya Buddha, the fifth and the last Buddha of the Buddha Universe. He then entered the cave and lie on the rock bed prepared by the Celestials and at once his body turned into solid gold. When King Ajatassatu and his retinue, came upon the Rev. Thera being passed away, they had to make several valuable offerings and returned.

Those who wish to reach the said cave have to descend from the east of the chamber of the reclining image. When you find a little stream that is the sign that you have already arrived at your destination. Unfortunately, you will not be able to enter the cave where the golden image is lying. A huge stone slab has blocked the cave, which no one could open. It is said to be the work of the Celestial just to keep away intruders. However, one can tell the beads, practise meditation there. Devotees can also offer food in bowls and pots, just along the running water of the stream. If one offers only food, the bowls and the pot will flow out of the cave stream. If one offers everything, nothing will come out. If you bury certain offertories in the sand before the said cave, within minutes, those offertories will disappear in the sand.

Not far from chamber of the Reclining Image a pavilion that houses 3 bells, a small pagoda and over a hundred triangular brass gongs (kyesis). Nearby is a stream and a pond where Ven. Maha Kassapa is said to have washed his alms bowls, and washed and dried his monk’s robe. A mile from the Reclining Image, is the Atatassatu village where the King Ajatassatu built 21 pagodas in memory of Ven. Maha Kassapa.

On the hillock, facing the Reclining Image, there is a well named, Thitsa Well (Truth), or Myitta Well (Loving Kindness). This small well never dried up. The more the pilgrims arrive; there is more water in the well. The water of the well is believed to cure all kinds of ailments.

Pilgrims from far and near, numbering 20,000 to 30,000 visit the shrine during the dry season.
There are 2600 National Parks all over the world; 33 in Thailand, 5 in Sri Lanka, 12 in Malaysia, 10 in Indonesia, 22 in India and 1 (Alaungtaw Kassapa) in Myanmar. Popa is now earmarked to become a National Park.

Some time ago, Col. John Blashford Snell, OBE, (Hon.) FRSGS, Chairman of the Scientific Exploration Society, England and his party of 13 people, mostly secientists and naturalists came to Alaungtaw Kassapa for the second time, being here in the late 1960s and 1970s remarked, “We have never seen such good and pristine forest in South East Asia, flora and fauna especially tigers, thamin, golden deer, cenvus eldi (thamin) which are already extint in the world. They can be only found in Chattin Wild Life Sanctuary and the Shwesettaw Wild Life Sanctuary.”

The wild life sanctuary is full of wild life and fauna; the habitat of large mammals like sambers, barking deer, wild pigs, tigers, Hinlyan bears and wild elephants. Poaching and illegal hunting are prohibited under the Myanmar National Parks Law, 1994. In the streams and rivers, there are variety of birds, like red-wattled lapwing, wag tails, sand pipers, forest birds like woodpeckers, lauging thrushes, babblers, orioles drangos, mynas, parakeets, barbets, crucals, jungle fowls, pigeons and doves, etc.

If one wish to breath fresh and clean air, enjoy exhilarating and enlivening venture, and experience mythical sensation and feeling, Alaungtaw Kassapa is the best choice and option.

 

In short what you can find on this page:

Monywa, Bodhi Tahtaung, Thambuddhe Pagoda,  Samsara, reclining Buddha Image, Alaungtaw Kassapa, forest reserve, trekking and elephant ride, Myanmar, Burma, flora, fauna, tigers, thamin, golden deer, cenvus eldi (thamin), Chattin Wild Life Sanctuary,  Shwesettaw Wild Life Sanctuary, Monywa, Chindwin river, sambers, barking deer, wild pigs, tigers, Hinlyan bears, wild elephants,  birds, ed-wattled lapwing, wag tails, sand

pipers, forest birds, woodpeckers, lauging thrushes, babblers, orioles drangos, mynas, parakeets, barbets, crucals, jungle fowls, pigeons, Myanmar, doves, Mohnyin Thambuddhe Pagoda, Hsu-Taung-Pyae pagodas, Myanmar commodities, textiles, clothing, carpets, Myanmar tapestries, brass wares, mats of fine textiles, Thadingyut, pilgrim.
 

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