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Modern · Buddhist · Myanmar
Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple
Mandalay, Mandalay Region · 22.0045°, 96.1066°
Gautama Buddha (Maha Thetkya Mayazein image)King Mindon MinModelled on the Ananda Temple at Bagan
Sacred since
1853 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1853–1878 (King Mindon Min)
King Mindon Min
History & significance
Royal temple at the foot of Mandalay Hill housing a Buddha carved from a single block of pale green Sagyin marble, consecrated in 1865. Begun by King Mindon Min in 1853, it took until 1878 to finish after a palace rebellion and other disorder stalled the work.