Uppātasanti Pagoda ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော် | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada Buddhism |
Location | |
Location | Naypyidaw |
Country | Myanmar |
Geographic coordinates | 19°46′16.14″N 96°10′58.76″E / 19.7711500°N 96.1829889°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | State Peace and Development Council |
Completed | March 2009 |
Uppātasanti Pagoda (ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်, pronounced [ʔoʊʔpàta̰ θàɰ̃dḭ zèdìdɔ̀]; officially called ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်မြတ်ကြီး, also called the "Peace Pagoda") is a prominent landmark in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The pagoda houses a Buddha tooth relic. [1] It is nearly a same-sized replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and stands 99 metres (325 ft) tall. [2]
Construction of Uppatasanti Pagoda began on 12 November 2006, with the stake-driving ceremony, and completed in March 2009, built under the guidance of Than Shwe, head of Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council. [2] The invitation card for the stake-driving ceremony opened with a phrase "Rājaṭhānī Naypyidaw" (the royal capital). [3] The pagoda is 30 centimetres (12 in) shorter than the Shwedagon Pagoda. [4] The name "Uppātasanti" roughly translates to "protection against calamity". It is the name of a sutta prepared by a monk in the early 16th century. It is to be recited in time of crisis, especially in the face of foreign invasion. [5]
On 4 March 2009, 20 people died during a ferris wheel accident at a festival marking the pagoda's consecration. [6] The consecration of the pagoda, which involves the hoisting of the htidaw (sacred umbrella, ထီးတော် [tʰí dɔ̀]) and the seinbudaw (diamond lotus bud, စိန်ဖူးတော် [sèɪɰ̃ bú dɔ̀]), took place on 10 March 2009. [1]
The massive base of the pagoda which may be mistaken for a large hill is completely man-made. The pagoda precinct also comprises: [2]
Seven captive white elephants are kept at the pagoda grounds, under the custody of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation's Forest Department. [7] [8] They are kept in inhumane conditions, shackled for 22 hours a day and housed in small open-air pavilions. [9]
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Uppātasanti Pagoda ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော် | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada Buddhism |
Location | |
Location | Naypyidaw |
Country | Myanmar |
Geographic coordinates | 19°46′16.14″N 96°10′58.76″E / 19.7711500°N 96.1829889°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | State Peace and Development Council |
Completed | March 2009 |
Uppātasanti Pagoda (ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်, pronounced [ʔoʊʔpàta̰ θàɰ̃dḭ zèdìdɔ̀]; officially called ဥပ္ပါတသန္တိစေတီတော်မြတ်ကြီး, also called the "Peace Pagoda") is a prominent landmark in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The pagoda houses a Buddha tooth relic. [1] It is nearly a same-sized replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and stands 99 metres (325 ft) tall. [2]
Construction of Uppatasanti Pagoda began on 12 November 2006, with the stake-driving ceremony, and completed in March 2009, built under the guidance of Than Shwe, head of Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council. [2] The invitation card for the stake-driving ceremony opened with a phrase "Rājaṭhānī Naypyidaw" (the royal capital). [3] The pagoda is 30 centimetres (12 in) shorter than the Shwedagon Pagoda. [4] The name "Uppātasanti" roughly translates to "protection against calamity". It is the name of a sutta prepared by a monk in the early 16th century. It is to be recited in time of crisis, especially in the face of foreign invasion. [5]
On 4 March 2009, 20 people died during a ferris wheel accident at a festival marking the pagoda's consecration. [6] The consecration of the pagoda, which involves the hoisting of the htidaw (sacred umbrella, ထီးတော် [tʰí dɔ̀]) and the seinbudaw (diamond lotus bud, စိန်ဖူးတော် [sèɪɰ̃ bú dɔ̀]), took place on 10 March 2009. [1]
The massive base of the pagoda which may be mistaken for a large hill is completely man-made. The pagoda precinct also comprises: [2]
Seven captive white elephants are kept at the pagoda grounds, under the custody of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation's Forest Department. [7] [8] They are kept in inhumane conditions, shackled for 22 hours a day and housed in small open-air pavilions. [9]
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