Myanmar(Burma) is very well-known for its temples and pagodas, There are many Buddha statues inside all of these gold places. This will help know have a full review for 8 Buddha statues to prepare for your best Myanmar tour ever.
1.Hidden Buddha statue
In this land of Gold, there is hidden Buddha statue many do not know. This is inside Shwedagon in Yangon. This name means Gold Yangon. The statue is very luxury, but many ignore it. Why? In fact, it was a gift from a General of militarism. An the face of the statue is similar to the face of him. So not many care about it, and not many know it, either.
2.Blue eye Buddha statue
This is a very huge statue in Shwedagon pagoda. The statue is a Buddha lying with eyes open looking down. This is special because Buddha eyes are blue like real eyes. The statue is very big statue. It is 65 meters in length and up to 16 meters high. This has another name as Chaukhtatgyi Paya. You can see many local people gathering to pray and meditate. You can book a Yangon tour and get to Yangon center to enjoy this.
3.Buddha statue in armor
This special Buddha statue is in Ngadatkyi Paya. This is a famous ancient pagoda in Myanmar. If you want to have best Myanmar tour ever, you can visit this big Buddha pagoda in Yangon. The statue wears gold clothes with other protectors such as shield. This makes us feel that Buddha statu is wearing an armor. If you come to Myanmar and ask about Buddha wearing armor, almost everyone can answer and show you the way.
4.Golden toad Buddha statue
This statue is located in Mahamuni pagoda. This in in south west of Mandalay city. You can get a taxi or rickshaw to get there. The statue is very rough like toad skin. So many called this Golden toad Buddha statue. In Mahamuni, people have a festival called washing Buddha face. The best time for you to travel from Yangon to Mandalay is in February, the right time of festival.
5.Golden block Buddha statue
This name is from the shape of the statue. 5 Buddha statue are normal like other. But time passes by and many gold leaves are paste on, which make these 5 statues change the shape like 5 blocks.
To visit these 5 strange Buddha statues, you can get to Phung Dau 00 pagoda in Inle lake. Both spending time to visit Inle and enjoy great moment in this pagoda, it can save time and gives you best Burma tour ever. You can visit Inle in October, when the festival is on.
6.Sweating Buddha statues
These sweating Buddha statue are in black. They are Buddha statues in Pindata cave pagoda. The reason for this name is because travellers can not paste their gold leaves on, so they think it is because something mysterious. In fact, because the statues are in the cave, the air is humid and that cause the thing to be happed. Besides these two black sweating Buddha statues, you can also see many more among 800 statues in different styles, sizes and shapes
7.Smiling Buddha statue
If you visit Ananda pagoda during your best Myanmar tour, you can spend time to visit this smiling Buddha statue. Ananda is among top 4 ancient pagodas left in Myanmar. It is buit in Myanmar and India style. There are 4 big statues in this pagoda. TYhe smiling one is to looking to the south, named Kassapa. The statue is smiling so bright, which is strange and special in Myanmar.
8. Imprisoned Buddha statue
How can Buddha statue be imprisoned in such a Buddhist country like Myanmar? Oh, do not misuderstand just because of the name. This is a very big statue, but it is inside a narrow room, as if it were imprisoned. This is reffered to Manuha King story, a prison king.
The pagoda for imprisoned Buddha statue is Manuha, an ancient pagoda in Bagan. It was buit in 1067 by Manuha king. This is a way for Manuha king to express his feelin when being in prison. You can get a Myanmar day tour to Bagan to listen to the full story.
One special thing is that although this statue is imprisoned, you can still see a smile on the face of it.
Of course, there are many other Buddha statues to visit in Myanmar. But surely that to have your best Myanmar tour, missing great Buddha statues is impossible.
