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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info King Pagan of the Konbaung Dynasty built the Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) in 1847.
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info Taungthaman Lake (တောင်သမန်အင်း) is located in Amarapura near Mandalay.
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Weaving industry is one of the main professions of the Amarapura people. Over one hundred looms are used to obtain beautiful and intricate design and patterns as silk are worn in very special and ceremonial occasions. As being a famous and interesting cottage industry. this is another place for visitors to have a look.
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General Information of Amarapura
Amarapura (အမရပူရ) meaning "City of Immortality" is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay.
Amarapura (အမရပူရ) meaning "City of Immortality" is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay.
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info Pahtodawgyi Pagoda (ပုထိုးတော်ကြီးဘုရား) is located at the southern part of Amarapura. This pagoda is built by King Bagyidaw and his Queen in 1820 and completely finished after four years. The official title of the pagoda is Maha Vijayaramsi. This well preserved pagoda stood outside the old city walls.
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Interesting Places in Amarapura
info U Bein Bridge (ဦးပိန် တံတား) is situated in the ancient city of Amarapura, Mandalay Region, which is about 1.2km in length of wooden bridge. It is the longest teak bridge in the world and is about two centuries old. This bridge became to be known as U Bein Bridge after the name of the donor, U Bein who was a clerk to the Mayor of Amarapura.
info U Bein Bridge (ဦးပိန် တံတား) is situated in the ancient city of Amarapura, Mandalay Region, which is about 1.2km in length of wooden bridge. It is the longest teak bridge in the world and is about two centuries old. This bridge became to be known as U Bein Bridge after the name of the donor, U Bein who was a clerk to the Mayor of Amarapura.
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Amarapura
info Amarapura (အမရပူရ) meaning "City of Immortality" is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay.
info Amarapura (အမရပူရ) meaning "City of Immortality" is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay.
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It was decorated with over 28,000 carved wooden figures. The museum which lies inside the monastery compound houses the most interesting collection of over 500 Buddha images as well as a library of palm leaf manuscripts known to be one of the largest and the rarest catalogues in Myanmar.
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info Mahar Gandaryone Monastery (မဟာဂန္ဓာရုံကျောင်းတိုက်) is situated in Amarapura near the famous U Bein Bridge.
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info Shwe Gu Gyi Pagoda (ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား) is located on the west of the railways compound and between wards Zay Cho and Hman Dan, there is a temple called Shwe Gu Gyi (Golden Big Cave).
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