Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha
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Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha (Burmese: မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး); Pali: Mahāsakyaraṃsi) is a Buddhist temple in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar that houses a 32-foot (9.8 m) marble image of the standing Buddha that weighs 700 tonnes (690 long tons; 770 short tons).[1][2] The marble was sourced from a quarry 375 miles (604 km) north in Mandalay.[3] The image was enshrined on 20 June 2015 in the Gandhakuṭi Pavilion (ဂန္ဓကုဋိကျောင်းဆောင်). Construction efforts were undertaken by ACE Construction Group, owned by Tint Hsan.
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Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha Mahāsakyaraṃsi | |
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မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
Location | |
Country | Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Myanmar |
Geographic coordinates | 19.868934°N 96.140135°E / 19.868934; 96.140135 |
Architecture | |
Founder | Naypyidaw Development Committee |
Completed | 2015; 9 years ago (2015) |
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