The Mingun Bell Near Mandalay
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Mingun is a town in
Mingun is a town in Sagaing Region, northwest Myanmar (Burma), located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River on the west bank from Mandalay. Its main attraction is the ruined Mingun Pahtodawgyi along with the gigantic Mingun Bell.
The Mingun temple is a monumental uncompleted stupa began by King Bodawpaya in 1790. It was not completed, due to an astrologer claiming that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. The completed stupa would have been the largest in the world at 150 metres (490 ft). By the time the construction project was abandoned, the pagoda had attained a height of 50 meters. An earthquake on the 23rd of March 1839 caused huge cracks to appear on the face of the remaining structure.
King Bodawpaya also had a gigantic bell cast to go with his huge stupa, the Mingun Bell weighing 90 tons, and is today the largest ringing bell in the world.
The Mingun temple is a monumental uncompleted stupa began by King Bodawpaya in 1790. It was not completed, due to an astrologer claiming that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. The completed stupa would have been the largest in the world at 150 metres (490 ft). By the time the construction project was abandoned, the pagoda had attained a height of 50 meters. An earthquake on the 23rd of March 1839 caused huge cracks to appear on the face of the remaining structure.
King Bodawpaya also had a gigantic bell cast to go with his huge stupa, the Mingun Bell weighing 90 tons, and is today the largest ringing bell in the world.
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