Mandalay Full-Day Tour

ps where the manufacture of the wafer thin roughly 1.5 inch squares of gold leaf is carried out. Essentially it is as follows – take a 2oz button of gold and run it through a roll-press until it becomes a ribbon about 3/4 inch wide and 20 feet long. Chop it up into 800 equal pieces. Take 200 pieces, each piece separated by paper, put into a bundle and pound it with a hammed till it is flatter. Then, cut the now bigger 200 pieces into smaller pieces and repeat the procuedure several more times. It takes three men with large hammers around 6 hours to hammer the gold into small thin leaves. At the end of the day the men have turned the single gold button into around 2900 gold leaves.

The Mahamuni Buddha image is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan.

r people and it is reflected so very well by the artisans at Aung Nan – Myanmar Handicrafts Workshop.Here you can see skilled wood workers carving intricate objects ranging from small animals to medium sized furniture items up to very large panels for houses. The level of detail in the carved images is so intricate and facinating.

The monastery was built in 1895 by a Sino-Burmese merchant.

It was built by King Pagan Min in 1847, on the site of his residence before he ascended the throne.

n 24th Street between 82nd and 83rd Streets . It is probably one of the oldest pagodas in Mandalay.

epresentation of the Buddha, who is otherwise always well-nourished. Built in 2011, this remarkable 75-foot tall seated Buddha is a “meditation image” stylistically located somewhere between manga caricature and Cubism. Here, an image of Buddha was created during his meditation phase under the tree.

The palace was constructed between 1857 and 1859 as part of King Mindon's founding of the new royal capital city of Mandalay.

Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma). Shwenandaw Monastery was built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min.

It was built in 1857 by King Mindon, two years after the capital was moved to Mandalay.

It lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and was built during the reign of King Mindon. The stupa itself, which is gilded above its terraces, is 188 feet (57 m) high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U near Bagan. In the grounds of the pagoda are 729 kyauksa gu or stone-inscription caves, each containing a marble slab inscribed on both sides with a page of text from the Tripitaka, the entire Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

semblance to the nearby Kuthodaw pagoda because of the large number of slender whitewashed ancillary stupas on the grounds. The Sandamuni Pagoda, or Paya, is located to the southeast of Mandalay Hill and bears a resemblance to the nearby Kuthodaw pagoda because of the large number of slender whitewashed ancillary stupas on the grounds.

It was built in 1847 by King Pagan Min on the model of the Ananda Pagoda at Pagan.

The city took its name from the hill. Mandalay Hill is known for its abundance of pagodas and monasteries, and has been a major pilgrimage site for Burmese Buddhists for nearly two centuries.It is very famous for sunset.