Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple

Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple
Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
LocationKyaukse, Mandalay Region
CountryMyanmar
Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple is located in Myanmar
Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates21°38′32.7″N 96°03′17.06″E / 21.642417°N 96.0547389°E / 21.642417; 96.0547389
Architecture
FounderAnawrahta
Groundbreaking11th century
Completed14th century

The Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi Temple (Burmese: တမုတ်ရှင်ပင်ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region, Myanmar.[1] It was originally built by King Anawrahta of Pagan, and the second storey added by King Narapatisithu, and both were encased inside a huge stupa built by King Uzana of the Pinya dynasty. It was one of nine pagodas outside the ancient city that denoted the extent of the Bagan Empire. The temple had a pagoda on top was discovered to be hiding another pagoda inside, which in turn encased a two-storey temple.[2][3]

  1. ^ "ကျောက်ဆည် တမုတ်ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရားဗုဒ္ဓဝင်ပြတိုက် ရှေးဟောင်းနယ်မြေပြင်ပတွင် ဆောက်လုပ်မည်". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Tamote Shinpin Shwegugyi (Ta Mok Shwe-gu-gyi) Temple". Shwe Myanmar Info. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  3. ^ "ပုဂံခေတ်လက်ရာ တမုတ်ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ထိုင်း ကူညီမည်". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.