Yaw Mingyi Monastery
Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yaw Mingyi Monastery (Burmese: ယောမင်းကြီးအုတ်ကျောင်း) is a Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Burma, built in 1866 under the patronage of Pho Hlaing, the Yaw Mingyi.[1] Unlike classic Burmese monasteries, the Yaw Mingyi Monastery was a brick monastery modeled after a hotel the Yaw Mingyi had seen while traveling in Southern Italy,[2] and as such, adopts European flourishes and is extravagantly carved in plaster.[3] It was located near the Salin Monastery.[3] The monastery was burned down all wooden infrastructure, remained only brick structure during World War II during the Allied bombing of Mandalay.[1]
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Yaw Mingyi Monastery | |
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ယောမင်းကြီးအုတ်ကျောင်း | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Theravada Buddhism |
Location | |
Country | Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Burma |
Geographic coordinates | 22.015568°N 96.096170°E / 22.015568; 96.096170 |
Architecture | |
Founder | Pho Hlaing |
Completed | 1866; 158 years ago (1866) |
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