Sakya Man Aung Pagoda
The Sakya Man Aung Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa in Mrauk U , Myanmar , about one kilometer northeast of the palace. It was built in 1629 under King Thiri Thudham Ma Raza .
description
The area of the pagoda is surrounded by a high stone wall. The gate is guarded by two kneeling giants. The plan of the stupa is an eight-petalled lotus flower, with the sides to the cardinal points being longer than those in between. The pyramid initially rises octagonally, but after nine steps it takes on the round shape of a bell and culminates with the usual elements of a turban, double lotus and banana blossom in a gold-plated hat .
There are several smaller stupas and an ordination hall with nine Buddhas sitting on altars on the site of the pagoda. The wooden ceiling of the hall is supported by columns with lotus bases and capitals and is adorned with three circular representations, each of which surrounds a lotus blossom: eight figures on horseback, then sixteen animals and finally twelve image segments with different contents.
gallery
documentation 
Gatekeeper 
Wall and small stupas 
Great stupa 
Access pagoda 
Ordination hall 
Eight riders 
Sixteen animals 
Twelve figures
Individual evidence
literature
- Pamela Gutman: Burma's Lost Kingdoms. Splendor of Arakan . Orchid Press, Bangkok 2001, ISBN 974-8304-98-1 , pp. 132 and 134.
- Markand, Petrich, Klinkmüller: Myanmar . Stefan Loose Travel Handbooks, 2nd edition Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 423.
- Tun Shwe Khine: A Guide to Mrauk-U. An Ancient City of Rakhine, Myanmar. First Edition Sittway 1992, p. 67f.
