Tirtha Atlas

The sacred geography of the Indic world — every site mapped, dated, storied, and cited.

3031 sites15 countries4 traditions30 centuries
Early modern · Buddhist · Myanmar

Taung Mingyi Pagoda

Amarapura, Mandalay Region · 21.8942°, 96.0508°

Gautama Buddha (the Taung Mingyi image)Konbaung
Sacred since
1786 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1786; restored 1850-53
Konbaung

History & significance

One of the four great pagodas of Amarapura, built in 1786 by the minister Thaung Mingyi and sheltering a standing Buddha image nearly 14.3 metres high. Wrecked by the earthquake of 1838, it was rebuilt on the order of King Pagan Min from 1850 and finished under Mindon in 1853; the 2025 Myanmar earthquake damaged it again.

Open in Google Maps ↗Wikipedia ↗View on the atlas map

Sources

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