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Mingun is actually a small village in country side. The
monuments, remarkable events, beauty and many things in Mingun have
it famed equally to those ancient cities Manadaly, Inn-wa, Amarapura
and so on. Home for Aged
| It is located the frontier of the river bank. The
earliest one of its kind in Myanmar, Daw Oo Zun built 3 huts
in toddy-leaves near the large leographs. Home for aged at
Mingun is the best refugee-place for ages and offer the
maximum convenience and security in their dying period.
The gigantic bell is the largest of it kind in Myanmar and the
third largest bell all over the world. The greatness, sweet sound
and relevant are so impressive that will share every visitor a
beautiful history and scenery.
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| Assuming an immense brick-pile, it is, in fact, one of the 4
greats and was mostly taken care to be the noblest workmanship by
king Bodawpaya. One could now climb up to its summit. |
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| Among the lion figures in Myanmar, the colossal leographs at
Mingun are the largest in size of its kind. The ruins of two
colossal leographs, one ninety-five feet in height, stand between it
(the great stupa) and the river. |
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| Myatheindan pagoda at Mingun is something interesting in its
unique architectural formation. The Myatheingdan pagoda of Myanmar
and Borobudur Temple of Indonesia are really look alike in their
concept and architecture formation. The seven concentric terraces,
from which centre there rises a cylindrical body with a vaulted
sanctum and crowned by a stupa on top. |
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It is, actually, preferred a pair of Buddha footprints carved on
white marble-slabs, inside a temple crowned by a stupa. which is
graciously done in hollow structure of the base and beautifully
decorated in fine stucco-carving on the crenulated parapet with
mythical figures.
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