Maravijaya Buddha image lifted up to 51.2°

Maravijaya Buddha image lifted up to 51.2°

MEMBERS of the Sangha led by Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Mandalay’s Bhamo Monastery Abbot Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dr Bhaddanta Kumara Bhivamsa and Chancellor of Sitagu International Buddhist Academies Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Maha Dhamma Kathika Bahujanahitadhara Shwegyin Nikaya Chairman Shwegyin Sangharaja Sitagu Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Nyanissara together with well-wishers led by leading donor State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended the ceremony to lift up the Maravijaya Buddha image to be kept on the jewelled throne in Buddha Park in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on the morning of 26 January.

A steel crane is being used in lifting the Maravijaya Buddha Image on the jewelled throne. The image was lifted up to 51.2° to be kept on the jewelled throne at midnight yesterday.

MNA/ TTA

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