Marble stone-carving workshops line the street across from the west entrance to the Maha Myat Muni Paya, located in southwest Mandalay, where Myanmar's most ancient and Mandalay's most revered Myat (Maha) Muni Buddha image is enshrined. The 4m high Maha Muni Buddha image is cast in bronze and weigh 6.5 tons. Countless thousands of devotees apply gold leaf to gain merit, the image is now completely covered with 15 cm thick gold. [see also Picasa album: http://picasaweb.google.com/paulfs.bkk/MagnificentMandalayIZoomingInOnMandalay# ]
Nice video of mandalay
tun001757 1 year ago