Ngahtatgyi Temple

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Buddha in Ngahtatgyi Temple

The Ngahtatgyi Temple ( Burmese ငါး ထပ် ကြီး ဘုရားကြီး ) is a Buddhist temple complex in Yangon in Myanmar .

description

In a steel pavilion sits a 14 m high Buddha, which was built around 1900. Next door is a huge Buddha's footprint. Another 6 m tall Buddha statue is said to date from the 16th century.

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literature

  • Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ). Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 147.
  • 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. 137.

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Coordinates: 16 ° 48 ′ 30 ″  N , 96 ° 9 ′ 45 ″  E