Manuha Temple ( my, မနူဟာဘုရား) is a
Buddhist temple 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 Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wo ...
), by captive
Mon
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Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
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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 Lord 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
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Buddhist temples in Myanmar
11th-century Buddhist temples
Bagan
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar
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