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Even disabled persons who are staunch devotees of Buddha visit the pagoda, walking up the track on crutches. Old people, who can not climb, are carried on stretchers by porters to the Pagoda to offer prayers to Buddha. [3] [5] [14] The Full Moon day of Tabaung in March, is a special occasion for pilgrims who visit the shrine. On this day, the ...
The opening ceremony for the completed statue was held on April 6–7th, 2019, which also coincided with Myanmar's Buddha's Birthday festival. [2] The statue's pagoda has seventeen floors, and the height of 255 feet and 6 inches was specifically chosen because the statue was set to be completed in the Buddhist calendar year of 2556. [1]
Its final completion date is 1086 and the footprints below the four standing Buddha statues here are also believed to be of the same period. [7] [5] The pagoda is a replica of the pyramidal Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, the location of Buddha's illuminating realisation in India. [8] Buddhist monks at Shwezigon Pagoda in 1999
The pedestal is 13.5 m (44 ft) high. It is the second-tallest Buddha statue in the world after the Spring Temple Buddha in China. Construction of the statue was finished in 2008. [2] [3] On Banda vah mountain in Bodhi Tahtaung monastery, a Sitting Buddha statue is also being built for completing the last desire of Sayadawgyi, U Nārada. [4]
A room inside the pagoda houses Buddha relics, including a large silver statue of Buddha, over eight feet tall. There is also a room inside the pagoda, which is used to keep Buddha relics. [5] The Maha Pasana Cave, which translates to “great cave of stone,” is located to the north of the Kaba Aye pagoda.
Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape, earning the country the moniker "land of pagodas." [ 2 ] According to 2016 statistics compiled by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee , Myanmar is home to 1,479 pagodas exceeding 27 feet (8.2 m) in height, a quarter of which are located in Sagaing Region . [ 3 ]
The four standing Buddhas (pictured) are adorned with gold leaf and each Buddha image faces a direction, from north to south, stated to represent attainment of a state of nirvana; each is given a specific name, Kassapa (in Pāli, it is the name of a Buddha, the third of the five Buddhas’ of the present kalpa (the Bhaddakappa or 'Fortunate ...
These statues were originally at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. [22] Devotees believe that the statues have healing qualities to rub a particular part of the body against the statues to cure themselves of various ailments and diseases. [1] [2] [7] Today, they are a major attraction because of their purported healing qualities. [1] [2]