Kaba Aye Pagoda

Kaba Aye Pagoda
ကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီ
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
LocationYangon
CountryMyanmar
Kaba Aye Pagoda is located in Myanmar
Kaba Aye Pagoda
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates16°51′25″N 96°09′16″E / 16.856831°N 96.154481°E / 16.856831; 96.154481
Architecture
FounderU Nu
Completed1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Designations
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Interior
Interior

Kaba Aye Pagoda (Burmese: ကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီ; pronounced [ɡəbàʔézèdì]; also spelt Gaba Aye Pagoda; lit. World Peace Pagoda), formally Thiri Mingala Gaba Aye Zedidaw, သီရိမင်္ဂလာကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီတော်), is a Buddhist pagoda located on Kaba Aye Road, Mayangon Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The pagoda was built in 1952 by U Nu in preparation for the Sixth Buddhist Council that he held from 1954 to 1956. The pagoda measures 111 feet (34 m) high and is also 111 feet (34 m) around the base.[1] The pagoda is located approximately 11 km north of Yangon, a little past the Inya Lake Hotel. The Maha Pasana Guha (great cave) was built simultaneously with the Kaba Aye Pagoda and is located in the same complex. The cave is a replica of the Satta Panni cave, located in India, where the First Buddhist Synod was convened. The six entrances of The Maha Pasana Cave symbolize the Sixth Great Synod. The cave is 455 feet (139 m) long and 370 feet (110 m) wide. Inside, the assembly hall is 220 feet (67 m) long and 140 feet (43 m) wide.[2]

  1. ^ "Exotic Destinations in Myanmar". Exploremyanmar.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ [1] Archived January 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine