Burbutaung Pagoda

The mountain is called Barkula mountain because Ashin Bar Ku La stopped for awhile on the mountain when he came to Dynyawaddy taking Buddha relics from king Athor Ka of Patalipoat kingdom. On the other hand, it is also called Burpu mountain as Bur Pu ogre lived. Future Gaw Da Ma Buddha lived in the mountain as a barking deer in a previous life of his while he was fulfilling the minor perfection. The name of the mountain is Nithapatpada. King Thu Ri Ya Sak Ka of Dynyawaddy kingdom erected a pagoda enshrining Thiri relic of Buddha in it after Buddha had gained Parinibbanna. King Min Saw Mon rebuilt the pagoda in AD 1430 as the pagoda fell into ruins.

There are still two pagodas built in Mraukoo period and one pagoda built by the townpeople during the British regime.

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Byala, a Rakhine National Emblem

by Dr Saw Mra Aung January 04, 2015 T he ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary Rakhine State Day and to provide the Rakhine State with electricity from the national grid line was celebrated on a grand scale in the Vesali Sports Grounds in Sittwe under the auspices of the Rakhine State Government on the 15th December. The ceremony was televised live and I was transported with rapturous joy to see the people of Rakhine State wreathed in the smiles resulting from the feeling that electricity would be available to them at the rate of 35 kyats per unit, which was many times cheaper than that they had incurred in the past. Sharing this happiness with them, I , putting aside my work, spent the whole evening enjoying the Rakhine traditional dances performed with the accompaniment of the songs sung by nation-famous and local vocalists televised. Out of the dances, it was the Byala Dance with the accompaniment of a song composed about Byala that intrigued me mo...

An ancient Arakan silver coin found in Ramree Township

An ancient Arakan silver coin was found at Ko-ran-taung hill in Ramree Township, Arakan when a villager was digging a hole on the ground at the hill. I can't read the script on the coin. However,according my understanding, I guess the writting - Shwe-nann--tha-khon Candavijayaraja (ေရႊနန္းသခင္ စႏၵဝိယဇရာဇာ). The name 'Candavijaya (စႏၵဝိဇယ)' is very sure even though others not sure. King Candavijayaraja ruled Mrauk-U kingdom for twenty-one years - from 1710 A.D up to 1731 A.D. Around Arakan, many coins were found with the name of that king. So, it is most possible that the coin (in photo) recently found in Ramree Township was made by the King Candavijayaraja (စႏၵဝိဇယရာဇာ). Photo - Rakha Maung http://mrauku.blogspot.com/

An Old City of Dhanyawaddy

AN OLD CITY OF DHANYAWADDY By Tun Shwe Khine (M.A.) Buddha preaching king Sanda/CandaSuriya while visit Rakhine with 500 disciples: 554 B.C. Some twenty one miles north of Mrauk-U and about six miles east of Kyauktaw is an old city of Dhanyawaddy. The earliest city in Rakhine, Dhanyawaddy is situated west of the ridge lying between the Kaladan and Lemro rivers, occupying the well-drained foothill area and backed by the ridge. Remains of the walls and moats of this city can still be seen on many sites. The remains of brick fortifications arc still seen along the ridge which protrudes into the city itself. The old city was of fairly large size, almost circular in shape, with the eastern wall made of brick at the base of the ridge. On the western side only a small portion of the outer wall remains because of the ravages of the Thare creek, a tributary of the Kaladan. The creek might once have formed the moat on the west side, while on the other three side...

Tourist Guide To Mrauk-U

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