Kuangmu Daw

Site common name	Kuangmu Daw
Type of artwork	Architecture
Province/City	Sagaing
State	Sagaing
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.9325 Long : 95.937778

History of production	Talunmin, a king of Ava in Nyaungyan Dynasty, had the stupa Kuangmu Daw constructed for enshrining the tooth relic taken from Mahazedi in Hamsavati. The relic was taken to Ava during the previous reign, King Anaukpetlun. The stupa was influenced by the Mahāthūpa in Sri Lanka.
Art	The most important element is the colossal hemispheric Aṇḍa, inspired from the same element of Ruvanveliseya at Anuradhpura. The triple base is very low comparing to the height of the whole stupa, incluenced from Sri Lankan styled stupa. The spire, including the square Harmikā and the rings of Chatravali, are surprisingly omitted from this stupa.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Nyaungyan
Age	16th-17th century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	The tooth relic of the Buddha is believed by the Burmese to be the original one. It has been taken to Burma during the reign of King Bayinnaung. During that time, Sri Lanka was threatened by the Portuguese and the King of Sri Lanka was not able to take care of the relic. The relic therefore was taken over to the Burmese. The enshrinement of the tooth relic also attests the ambition of Bayinnaung who tried to promote himself as the emperor of the universe and tried to exalt Burma as the centre of the cosmos.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali