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MANDALAY
Myanmar
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Shwenandaw
Golden Palace Monastery
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Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last
royal capital of Burma. When it was founded in
1857, the royal city was officially named
Yadanabon, the Burmese version of "(city) full of
gems
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Shwenandaw Monastery (lit. "Golden Palace
Monastery") is a historic Buddhist monastery
located near Mandalay Hill
Shwenandaw Monastery was built in 1880 by King
Thibaw Min, who dismantled and relocated the
apartment formerly occupied by his father, King
Mindon Min, just before Mindon Min's death, at a
cost of 120,000 rupees. Thibaw removed the
building in October 1878, believing it to be
haunted by his father's spirit. The building was
reconstructed as a monastery over the course of 5
years, dedicated in memory of his father, on a
plot adjoining Atumashi Monastery
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The building was originally part of the royal
palace at Amarapura, before it was moved to
Mandalay, where it formed the northern section of
the Hmannan (Glass Palace) and part of the king's
royal apartments
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Monastic buildings and wooden houses in general,
were usually set on wooden platforms that offered
ventilation as well as some protection from
snakes and a variety of other unwelcome and
unsavory intruders. Such is the case at
Shwenandaw Monastery
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The monastery is known for its teak carvings of
Buddhist myths, which adorn its walls and roofs.
The monastery is built in the traditional Burmese
architectural style. Shwenandaw Monastery is the
single remaining major original structure of the
original Royal Palace today
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
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Foisoreanu
2014
Sound Sein Bo Tint - Burmese
Traditional Orchestra leader