Mandalay Travel Guide & Reviews

Age: founded in 1857 AD
Area: 118.4 km²
Population: 6.166 million
Location: Latitude: 21.9588° N, 96.0891° E
Temperature: Min 18 'C - Max 37 'C

 


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Zay Cho Market
info  Mandalay is full of shopping experience. The new Mandalay Zay Cho (ဈေးချိုတော်) is one of the main market places in Mandalay.
 
Shweinbin Monastery
info Shweinbin Monastery (ရွှေအင်းပင် ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း) is located at the southwest corner of Mandalay City.
 
Kyauk Myaung
info The small town of Kyauk Myaung (ကျောက်မြောင်း) is located 29km east of Shwe Bo on the western bank of River Ayeyarwaddy. This place is known primarily for its production of glazed pottery, including the large Martaban Jars which were used water containers throughout rural Myanmar.
 
Eindawya Pagoda
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info The beautifully proportioned pagoda at Eindawya Paya (အိမ်တော်ရာစေတီ) stands west of Zegyo Market.
 
Tagaung City
info Tagaung (တကောင်း) is situated on the east bank of the river Ayeyarwaddy, 127 miles (204km) north of Mandalay and 56 miles (90km) north of Shwe Bo.
 
Photo Credit - www.mandalayairport.com
info Mandalay International Airport (မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်) is the sole international airport in Mandalay Division, Central Myanmar.
 
Bronze Casting Workshop
 
 
Bronze Casting can be studied at a place called Tampawadi between Mandalay and Amarapura. Buddha images, bells, gongs, tri gongs, and other figures such as images of the nat (spirit) and of famous persons are cast here. 
 
Maha Myat Muni Pagoda
info It is the most revered Buddha image in Mandalay. It is also known as the Maha Myat Muni (မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး), or Phaya Gyi.
 
Shopping in Mandalay
Mandalay (မန္တလေး) is full of variety to do shopping. The new Mandalay Zaycho is the main market place in Mandalay. You can get almost anything from there. Things to shop are Acheik (Mandalay Silk Longyi), Cotton clothing, Hto Moat (greasy cakes), Laphet (Pickled tea leaves), Kadipar slippers (Velvet Slippers), Silverware, Lacquerware, Jewelry, gems and more.
 
Purcell Tower
info Purcell Tower stands in the heart of the town, Pyin Oo Lwin. The clock was one of the few made in 1934 by Gillete and Johnson Co. of England, in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of the reign of King George V of Britain.
 
Shwekyimyint Pagoda
info Shwekyimyint Pagoda is located on 24th Street between 82nd and 83rd Street, a little north-east of Zegyo Market or the clock tower, this pagoda's original construction pre-dates Mandalay itself. It was founded in 1167 by Prince Minshin Saw during the Bagan period. He was the exiled son of King Alaungsithu and settled near the present site of Mandalay.
 
Sandamuni Pagoda
info The Sandamuni Pagoda (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is located to the southeast of Mandalay Hill and bears a resemblance to the nearby Kuthodaw pagoda because of the large number of slender whitewashed ancillary stupas on the grounds.
 
Yandanarbo Pot Making Village
Yandabo is a village on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River in Mandalay Region. It is famous for an Anglo- Myanmar peace treaty that was signed in 1826. It is also a well known place for making pots such as the ones seen in this picture. One person can make 30 to 50 such pots per day which are used for water or food storage. 
 
The Sanda Muni Cast Buddha Image
info The Sanda Muni Buddha Image (စန္ဒာမုနိဘုရား) is situated to the east of the Kyauktaw Gyi Pagoda. It was cast by King Bodawpaya before the founding of the city Mandalay.
 
Chan Tak Buddhist Temple
info Located at the south of Pyin Oo Lwin is a large and colorful Chinese temple (တရုတ် ဘုရားကျောင်း) built by the Yunanese immigrants to the town. It is close to Thiri Myaing Hotel (originally called Candacraig).
 
Getting Around in Mandalay
Air - There are daily flights from Yangon to Mandalay via Air Bagan. Air Mandalay. Yangon Airways. and Myanmar Air. Mandalay now has an International Airport. so there are also flights from other countries directly landing to Mandalay.
 
Watch Tower (Nan Myint)
info The Watch Tower, about 90ft (30m) high is a solitary masonry building that remains of King Bagyidaw’s Palace built in 1822. This is one of the Myanmar architectural styles of early 19th Century.
 
Deedote Waterfall
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Mandalay
History of Mandalay
Mandalay (မန္တလေး), as the center of Myanmar culture, was outstanding in the past, and it will continue to be a place of pride of Myanmar in the future.
 
General Information of Mandalay
info Founded at 1857
 
Mandalay Palace
info The Mandalay Hill is situated to the north-east corner of the Mandalay Royal Palace. It lies from north to south, its altitude being 236.5m above sea level and its height going up to 167.64m.
 
Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery (Me Nu Oak Kyaung)
info Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
 
Dat Taw Taung Cave
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info Dat Taw Taung Cave is situated in Kyaukse. Mandalay Region. Mountain Festival (Dat-taw-taungpwe) is usually held on 14th waxing day and Tabaung full moon day. Buddha images from the caves are worshipped.
 
Peik Chin Myaung Cave (Maha Nandamu Cave)
info Peik Chin Myaung Cave (ပိတ်ချင်းမြောင် မဟာနန္ဒမူလိုဏ်ဂူတော်) is located near Wetwun village, 12 miles (19km) north east of Pyin Oo Lwin and it is 3 miles south of the village, easily accessible by car.
 
 
Mandalay Information
History of Mandalay
 
Stone Carving Workshop
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Tapestry Workshop
Throughout Myanmar, Mandalay Shwe-gyi-do Quarter is the best place for embroidery and appliqué work. Materials used in embroidery and appliqué workers include, golden silvery thread, sequins (plastic metal) velvet, satin, colored cloth, paper produced in Shan State and glue from sticky rice. In making an embroidery cloth or a tapestry, the cloth has to stretch on a wooden frame, about one foot high above the ground and embroider on it later.
 
Yadanabon Zoological Gardens
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info Yadanabon Zoological Garden (ရတနာပုံ တိရိစ္ဆာန် ဥယျာဉ်) is situated in the north of the Royal Palace, at the foot of the Mandalay Hill. Various kinds of animals such as elephants, tigers, lions, deer etc. can be seen.
 
Atumashi Monastery
info King Mindon (1852-1872) founded a new capital on 16 June 1858. In founding the new capital. he established seven monuments simultaneously.
 
Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda
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Shwenandaw Monastery or Golden Palace Monastery
info Close to the Atumashi Monastery stands the Shwenandaw Monastery (ရွှေနန်းတော်ကျောင်း) meaning "Golden Palace Monastery". This monastery is of great interest not only as a fine example of a traditional Myanmar wooden monastery, but as a fragile reminder of the old Mandalay Fort.
 

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