Umin Thonze Pagoda

The Umin Thonze Pagoda (Burmese: ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa, located in the Sagaing Hills, Myanmar.[1][2] The pagoda was founded by King Tarabya I (r. 1327–1335/36) of Sagaing. It was renovated in 1643 and in 1723.[3] In 1838, the pagoda was essentially destroyed by a major earthquake. King Pagan Min (r. 1846–53) rebuilt the pagoda, completing it in 1847.[note 1] It has a cave with 45 seated Buddha images arranged in a curved formation and behind them decorated with sparkling glass-works.

Umin Thonze Pagoda
ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား
Inside view of the Umin Thonze
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Sagaing
Geographic coordinates	21.9115549°N 95.9904873°E / 21.9115549; 95.9904873
Architecture
Completed	1330s 1847 (renovated)

Notes

1. (Khin Maung Nyunt 2006: 98) translates the 13th waxing of Tabaung [1208 ME] as March 1846 CE but the professor's translation is incorrect. Per the Konbaung Set Yazawin chronicle (Maung Maung Tin, Vol. 3 2004: 56), King Pagan Min's coronation ceremony took place on Saturday, 13th waxing of Tabaung 1208 ME, which translates to Saturday, 27 February 1847.

References

1. "ထူးချားသော လက္ရာႏွင့္ စိတ္ဝင္စားဖြယ္ရာ စစ္ကိုင္းစာမရီ ေတာင္ထိပ္ဖ်ားရွိ ဥမင် သုံးဆယ် ဘုရား" (in Burmese).
2. "သီတင်းကျွတ်လပြည့်နေ့တွင် စစ်ကိုင်းတောင်ပေါ်ရှိ ဆွမ်းဦးပုညရှင်စေတီတော်သို့ ဘုရားဖူး လာရောက်သူများဖြင့် စည်ကားခဲ့" (in Burmese).
3. Khin Maung Nyunt 2006: 98

Bibliography

• Khin Maung Nyunt (2006). Radio Talks on Myanma Culture. 1. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.
• Maung Maung Tin, U (2004) [1905]. Konbaung Set Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3. Yangon: Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon.