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Late medieval · Buddhist · Myanmar

Andaw-thein Temple

Mrauk-U, Rakhine State · 20.5983°, 93.1937°

Gautama Buddha (tooth relic brought from Sri Lanka)Mrauk-UOctagonal shrine with concentric passageways
Sacred since
1515 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
ordination hall 1515-21; enlarged into a temple 1607
Mrauk-U

History & significance

A stone shrine beside Shite-thaung at Mrauk-U, raised as an ordination hall by King Thazata between 1515 and 1521 and rebuilt as a temple by King Raza II in 1607 to enshrine a tooth relic he had brought from Ceylon. Its octagonal core is ringed by two concentric passageways and crowned by a bell-shaped stupa with eight smaller stupas at the corners.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Mrauk-U