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Min Gun

Keywords : King Bodawpaya, Min Gun

Site common nameMin Gun
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityMingun
StateSagaing
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 22.050833
Long : 96.017778

History of productionKing Bodawpaya had this gigantic stupa constructed to be the loftiest stupa in Burma as well as in the world. The construction of this stupa by the royal order was meant to dignify the king as the emperor of the universe.
ArtMingun Stupa comprises the solid colossal body meant for supporting the roof and the spire. Unfortunately the stupa had never been finished as the project was abandoned after the demise of the king, Only the lofty body still remains.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodAmarapura-Mandalay
Age18th-19th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali