Hpo Win Daung

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Hpo Win Daung

Hpo Win Daung is a collection of caves with Buddhist shrines near Monywa in Myanmar .

description

About 25 km west of Monywa, across the Chindwin River, in the village of Minzu there are hundreds of caves with thousands of Buddha statues and many well-preserved murals from the 17th and 18th centuries. The name of the caves is derived from the legendary alchemist U Hpo Win, who is said to have prepared his remedies here.

gallery

  • Access from Minzu
  • Constant companion
  • Cave entrances
  • Reclining Buddha
  • Stupas
  • High seat
  • conference
  • drummer
  • Cave entrances
  • Reclining Buddha
  • Ceiling painting
  • Mural

literature

  • Andrea Markand, Markus Markand, Martin H. Petrich, Volker Klinkmüller: Myanmar. (Burma) (= Stefan Loose Travel Manuals. ). 2nd completely revised edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 329.

Web links

Commons : Hpo Win caves  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 22 ° 2 ′ 56 "  N , 94 ° 59 ′ 20"  E