Mahazedi Pagoda

Mahazedi Pagoda (Burmese: မဟာစေတီ) is a prominent Buddhist pagoda in Bago, Myanmar.

Mahazedi Pagoda
မဟာစေတီ
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectTheravada Buddhism
RegionBago Region
Location
MunicipalityBago
CountryMyanmar
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates17.339151°N 96.454237°E / 17.339151; 96.454237
Architecture
FounderBayinnaung
Completed1560

History

The pagoda was built by King Bayinnaung in 1560 to house a gold and jewel-encrusted tooth relic of the Buddha.[1][2] The tooth relic was, in fact, a fake replica from Dharmapala of Kotte, the king of the Kingdom of Kotte, who gifted the tooth, along with an alms bowl and his daughter.[3][4][2] The relics arrived in 1576.[2] In 1599, King Anaukpetlun conquered Bago and removed the relics to Taungoo.[2] In 1636, King Thalun invaded Taungoo and removed the relics to Innwa, enshrining them at the Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing.[2] Throughout its history, the pagoda has been destroyed by several earthquakes on the Sagaing Fault, on 13 September 1564, 1583, and 8 October 1888, and completely leveled in 1930.[5][1] Mahazedi Pagoda was rebuilt in the 1950s.[4]

References
  1. Guides, Insight (2015). Insight Guide: Myanmar (Burma). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. ISBN 9781780058849.
  2. Thabrew, W. Vivian De (2014-03-11). Buddhist Monuments And Temples Of Myanmar And Thailand. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781491896228.
  3. DK (2016). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Myanmar (Burma). Penguin. ISBN 9781465459824.
  4. Wojciehowski, Hannah Chapelle (2011-08-22). Group Identity in the Renaissance World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107003606.
  5. Thein, Maung (2009). "EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HAZARD IN MYANMAR". Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami. 3 (2): 43–57. doi:10.1142/S1793431109000482.
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