| Sandamuni Pagoda | |
|---|---|
စန္ဒာမုနိစေတီ | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | TheravadaBuddhism |
| Location | |
| Country | Mandalay,Mandalay Region, Myanmar |
  Shown within Myanmar | |
| Geographic coordinates | 22°00′12″N96°06′35″E / 22.003470°N 96.109758°E /22.003470; 96.109758 |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | KingMindon Min |
| Completed | 1874; 151 years ago (1874) |
Sandamani Pagoda (Burmese:စန္ဒာမုနိစေတီ; formallyနန်းမြေဘုံသာစံနန်းတော်ရာစန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is a Buddhiststupa located southwest ofMandalay Hill.[1] It was commissioned by KingMindon Min in 1874 as a memorial to Mindon Min's younger brother,Kanaung Mintha, who was assassinated along with 3 princes, Malun, Saku, and Maingpyin, during the 1866 Myingun Prince rebellion.[2][1] The pagoda was erected at the provisional location of the royal palace, theNanmyay Bontha.[1]
This pagoda contains the graves of the Kanaung, Sagu Mintha, Malun and Maingpyin Princes.[2] It also contains aniron image of the Buddha cast by Bodawpaya in 1802, and removed fromAmarapura by Mindon in 1874.[2] The statue reportedly weighs 40,924.8 pounds (18,563.2 kg).[1]
