Shin Byu Me

Site common name	Shin Byu Me
Type of artwork	Architecture
Province/City	Mingun
State	Sagaing
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 22.055556 Long : 96.016667

History of production	King Bagyidaw had this stupa constructed in the city of Mingun, the important Buddhist centre during Amampura Period.
Art	Shinbyume stupa was conceived as the cosmological model in accordance with Buddhism. The central Mouth Meru supporting Culāmani stupa is at the centre while there is the triple staircase in the front is connectible to the miraculous staircase of the descent from Tavatimsa Heaven. There are also the celestial abodes for the heavenly creatures, including deities and Nagas. Seven rings of mountain ranges enclosing Mount Meru are also explicitly depicted. This is the most complicate and complete model of the cosmos in Burmese art which is only popular during the later Amarapura-and-Mandalay period.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Amarapura-Mandalay
Age	18th-19th century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	The legend says that this stupa was constructed to commemorate Queen Shimbyume, the beloved queen of King Bagyidaw.

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