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The Golden
Monastery
(Myanmar
language) was
built under the
last Myanmar
King Thibaw
(1878-1885) in
the year 1880.
This is
artistically
carved teak both
inside and
outside with
carved panels
enclosing a
verandah running
along the whole
platform. The
walls are also
carved with more
panels and there
are facias
between the
tiered receding
roofs. Bright
and gorgeous
arches end in
slender finials
that crown the
gables. These
gables held the
bargeboards in
the same motif
in a smaller
scale.
Inside this
Myanmar
monastery
are figures of
celestial gods
such as Indra
guarding the
doors and the
Birth Stories of
Lord Buddha are
depicted
thereof. The
whole array of
figures is
interwoven into
intricate and
picturesque
tapestry by
floral
arbesques. Out
of 150 timber
posts, 54 are
decorated with
Naya Dragon as
buttresses. |
