Thuhtay Mokgu Pagoda
Thuhtay Mokgu Pagoda is a temple situated on the
north-east of Shwezigon Pagoda. It has a double
vaulted corridors and a sikhara. The earthquake of
1975 brought down the sikhara and the upper vaulted
corridor. The Pagoda faces east.
There are mural paintings in the devotional hall
of the first storey. Like other temples, the ceiling
was adorned with pictures of the Buddha's foot
prints. But now as they had been pealed off the only
remaining paintings are festoons of lotus flowers
which used to encircle the sacred foot prints. There
is a spiral stair way leading to the second storey.
In this temple there was a stone inscription. It
was moved to the Archaeological Museum in 1970. It
is now sheltered in shed No.1 with the registration
No. 160. The inscription tells us that in the
Myanmar Sakarit year 559 (A.D. 1197) a wealthy man
named Zeya Thuhtay and wife built the temple. They
also donated to the temple a betel nut cutter, a
bronze betel box, a bronze alms bowl, a small bronze
bell, a bronze ewer in the shape of a duck, a brass
mirror, bronze sheets, bronze oil lamps and bronze
bells.
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