Manuha Temple () is a

Buddhist temple A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhism, Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat, khurul and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in B ...

built in Myinkaba (located near

Bagan Bagan ( ; ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that w ...

), by captive Mon King Manuha in 1067, according to King Manuha's inscriptions. It is a rectangular building of two storeys. The building contains three images of seated Buddhas and an image of Buddha entering Final Nibbana. Manuha Temple is one of the oldest temples in Bagan. About the same time Makuta, captive king of the Thaton Kingdom (his name is now corrupted into 'Manuha'), must have built his colossal images at Myinpagan, where he was living in captivity, a mile S. of Pagan. "Stricken with remorse", says the Glass Palace Chronicle, "he built a colossal Buddha with legs crossed, and a dying Buddha as it were making pariniruâna; and he prayed saying 'Whithersoever I migrate in samsâra, may I never be conquered by another!' The temple is called Manuha to this day.

Gallery

File:Reclining Buddha at Manuha Paya.jpg, Reclining Buddha at Manuha Temple File:Buddha Image inside Manuha Temple.jpeg, Buddha Image File:Concrete food donation plate at Manuha Temple.jpeg

References

* Buddhist temples in Myanmar 11th-century Buddhist temples Bagan Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar {{Myanmar-Buddhist-temple-stub