Visit Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda Yangon
Why visit Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda Yangon ?
A visit to Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda in Yangon is more than tour sightseeing . It is because Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda in Yangon is one of the huge reclining Buddha image in length of 65 meters .. The highly revered image is housed in a large shed North of Kandawgyi Lake.
The original image was completed in 1907. When after many decades the Chauk Htat Gyi image was in a bad state of repair, a devout Buddhist decided to restore it.
During renovations in 1966 about 5 meters were added to the image. The renovation was paid for entirely with donations from Buddhists and foreign tourists. The names of the contributors are inscribed on the beams of the building.
Brief information about The Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha image
The very impressive 65 meters long and 16 meters high Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha image is wearing a golden robe; the right arm of the Buddha is supporting the back of the head. The Reclining Buddha image is decorated with very expressive colors, white face, red lips, blue eye shadow, golden robe and red finger nails.
The soles of the feet contain 108 segments in red and gold colors that show images representing the 108 lakshanas or auspicious characteristics of the Buddha.
Buddhist people pay their respect to the Reclining Buddha burning incense sticks and offering flowers. Around the Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha image is a number of shrines, one for each of the eight days of the week in Asian astrology (Wednesday is split in two days). Local people pray to the shrine belonging to the day of their birth.
A few inscribed plaques in English and Burmese contain information about Buddhism and the teachings of the Buddha.
Moreover there are several monasteries around the pagoda . Just across the street from the Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda is another Huge Sitting Buaddha Image called Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda that contains another huge Buddha image, a seated one, wearing a golden robe.
This temple also contains a mural of a long line of followers of the Buddha, with the Buddha and the first few of his followers appearing to come out of the painting
How to get to the Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda
The pagoda is located in the Tamwe township of central Yangon on Shwe Gon Taing street, about 3 kilometers North East of the Shwedagon pagoda. A taxi from downtown Yangon to the pagoda should cost around 3,000 MMK .
Entrance fee & opening hours
The Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda opens daily from 6 am until 8 pm. Entrance fee is Free .