Popa Taung Kalat
Popa Taung Kalat is a volcanic cone with a Nat temple in the Nyaung U (district) of the Mandalay region in Myanmar .
description
About 50 km southeast of the temple city of Bagan and not far from Mount Popa , with which it is often confused, stands the 737 m high volcanic cone with the Tuyin Taung Pagoda. In the pilgrimage village at the foot of the mountain is the shrine of the 37 canonical Nats ; With their attributes and their typical clothing, they stand in a row as life-size figures. The focus, however, is on Mae Wanna Thanegi, the sister of the Mon King Manuha , with her husband and their two sons.
From the village you can reach the residence of the Nats, the patron saint of Myanmar, on the volcano via 777 steps. A few small stupas and a memorial for the magician Po Min Gaung, who worked there, were erected there in the 20th century.
gallery
Tuyin Taung Pagoda
Nats
Mae Wanna Thanegi
Nats
Stupas
Stupas
Po Min Gaung
literature
- Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ) Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 238.
- 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. 252.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markand et al.: Myanmar. 2006, p. 252.
Coordinates: 20 ° 55 ′ 13 ″ N , 95 ° 15 ′ 14 ″ E