Manuha temple
The Manuha Temple ( Burmese မ နူ ဟာ ဘုရား ) is a Buddhist temple in Bagan -Myinkaba, Myanmar .
history
It was built in 1059 under King Anawrahta by the captured Mon king Manuha . Anawrahta had taken to the field against Manuha because the latter had refused Anawrahta's request to hand over the holy scriptures of Buddhism to him. The king of Bagan obtained the Pali canon by force and captured the Mon king, but treated him appropriately.
description
The externally unattractive temple houses three seated and one huge reclining Buddha in the state of sliding into nirvana. The interiors are very small compared to the statues, so that a feeling of tightness and oppression arises, as the imprisoned King Manuha may have felt.
gallery
Exterior view 
Sitting Buddha 
Reclining Buddha 
Finger of the Reclining Buddha 
Offering bowl 
Natschrein
Individual evidence
literature
- Johanna Dittmar: Thailand and Burma. Temples and royal cities between the Mekong and the Indian Ocean (= DuMont documents. Art travel guide. ). 3. Edition. DuMont, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1206-7 , pp. 291f, 317.
- Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ). Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 231.
- 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. 233.
- Nina Oshegowa, Sergej Oshegow: Art in Burma. 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture under the sign of Buddhism and animism. VEB EA Seemann, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-363-00054-5 , pp. 57.70f.
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Coordinates: 21 ° 9 ′ 12 " N , 94 ° 51 ′ 33" E