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Model of Min Gun Stupa

Keywords : King Bodawpaya, Min Gun

Site common nameMin Gun
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityMingun
StateSagaing
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 22.048611
Long : 96.019444

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.
ArtBecause the stupa was left unfinished, we have to study the conjectural complete form of Mingun Stupa from the model adjacent to the main stupa. This model suggests us that the complete form of the stupa would be superimposed by the Śikhara and stupa spire.
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