Man Buddha Temple
| Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha | |
|---|---|
ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Country | Sale, Magwe Region, Burma |
  Shown within Myanmar | |
| Geographic coordinates | 20°50′08″N 94°44′44″E / 20.835648°N 94.745540°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | c. 1300 |
The Man Buddha Temple (Burmese: မံဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple in Sale, Magway Region, Myanmar that houses the Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha (Burmese: ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား).
The Buddha image is nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) tall, and purportedly floated from Monywa to Sale in 1888 after extensive flooding in the area.[1] The hollow Buddha image is coated with gold lacquer, and is the largest lacquer Buddha image in Myanmar.[2][1] The style of the Buddha image dates to c. 1300.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bored of Bagan? Sneak off to Salay". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Mann Paya". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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