Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery

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Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery

The Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery is a Buddhist monastery complex in Inle Lake in Myanmar .

description

The monastery stands in the north of the city of Ywama on stilts in Inle Lake and can only be reached by boat. It is the largest and oldest wooden monastery in the Inle region, was built in 1850 and has many old Buddha images in different styles: Bagan , Shan , Ava , Tibetan .

The heart of the monastery is a spacious portico. There the statues are housed in richly decorated shrines or stand on altars with elaborate wood carvings.

The monastery is famous for its trained cats; the monks taught them to jump through little rings like in a circus.

Outside the monastery there is a wonderful view of the farms with tomato fields and the mountains in the background.

gallery

  • Exterior view
  • Hall
  • Buddha shrines
  • Buddha slides into nirvana
  • Buddha on altar
  • Buddha images
  • Buddha shrine
  • Cat training

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markand et al.: Myanmar. 2006, p. 357.

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. 357.

Web links

Commons : Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 20 ° 31 ′ 1.3 ″  N , 96 ° 53 ′ 51.9 ″  E