Koe-thaung Temple

Kouthaung (Burmese: ကိုးသောင်းဘုရား kui:saung:bhu.ra: [kóðáʊɰ̃ pʰəjá] Koùthaùñ hpăyà) is the largest Buddhist temple in Mrauk U, Myanmar. The name means "Temple of 90,000 Buddha Images". The temple was built between 1554 and 1556 by King Dikkha.^[1]

Koe-Thaung ကိုးသောင်းဘုရား
The Koe-Thaung Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada
Location
Country	Myanmar
Location within Burma
Geographic coordinates	20.59815°N 93.21097°E / 20.59815; 93.21097
Architecture
Founder	Dikkha of Mrauk-U
Completed	c. 1554–1556

Closeup of the temple

Photo gallery

• Koe-thaung Temple - ကိုးသောင်းဘုရား
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See also

• Shite-thaung Temple
• Htukkanthein Temple
• Andaw-thein Ordination Hall
• Le-myet-hna Temple
• Ratanabon Pagoda
• List of Buddhist temples in Myanmar

References

1. Gutman 2001: 106–107

Bibliography

• Gutman, Pamela (2001). Burma's Lost Kingdoms: Splendours of Arakan. Bangkok: Orchid Press. ISBN 974-8304-98-1.