Jataka Scenes at Shwenandawkyaung

Site common name	Shwenandawkyaung
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Province/City	Mandalay
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 22.001667 Long : 96.113056

History of production	Shwenandawkyaung is one of the throne-halls of Mandalay palace. It was the cremation throne-hall for King Mindong. When the king Mindong died, King Si Por removed it and gave it to the temple. This is why this throne-hall has survived the fire during the world war II.
Art	In the reign of king Mindong, western influence featured hugely in Myanmese art and Acanthas was adapted to use in Myanmaese architecture. This is a carving telling the Jataka stories surrounded by Acantas decorated at teh corners of the platform in the building of Shwenandawkyaung. It is possible that such decorations were added later when the building was already turned into the temple.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mandalay
Age	24-25 centuries BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	This is Vessadara Jataka, one of the ten most important Jatakas of the lord Buddha. On the right of the audiecne, there is a palace where king Sanchai of Chetudorn city stays. On one side, there is an elephant named Putchainakhen that Vessandorn gave to Klingka. On the other side, Vessandorn and his family enter the labyrinth. At the top is the story of Vessadorn giving Kanha and Chalie to Chuchok, who was hitting the two kids and Mutthree was being eaten by a tiger.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali