Andaw-thein Temple, Myanmar

Address

Andaw-thein Temple, Myanmar

Tha Pyay Kan,

 Myanmar (Burma)

Moolavar

Buddha

Introduction

                Andaw Thein is a Buddhist temple in Mrauk U located at the northwest corner of the Shite-thaung Temple. The name means ‘Tooth Shrine’. It contains a tooth relic of the Buddha brought over from Sri Lanka. It was first built as an ordination hall between 1515 and 1521 by King Thazata, and restored by Min Bin between 1534 and 1542. It was later expanded into a temple by King Raza II in order to house a tooth relic of the Buddha he brought back from his pilgrimage to Ceylon, either in 1596 or 1606–1607.

Century/Period

1515

Nearest Bus Station

Shite-thaung Temple

Nearest Railway Station

Kyaukpadaung

Nearest Airport

Sittwe

Location on Map

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