Sanda Muni Pagoda
The Sandamuni Pagoda is located to the southeast
of Manda lay
Hill and bears a resemblance to the nearby Kuthodaw
pagoda because of the large number of slender
whitewashed ancillary stupas on the grounds. The
Sandamuni Pagoda, or Paya, 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.
The Paya is also famous for the Iron Buddha
Sandamani cast by King Bodawpaya (1782-1819) of the
Konbaung dynasty in 1802, and which King Mindon and
brought from Amarapura to his new pagoda and shrine
in 1874.
The pagoda complex was erected on the location of
King Mindon's provisional palace, the "Nan Myey Bon Tha." which he used until his permanent Royal Palace
was completed in the center of
 the Royal City. It
was built as a memorial to King Mindon's younger
half-brother, statesman, reformer, stimulating
personality and confidante, the Crown Prince Kanaung,
who had helped him seize power from Pagan Min in
1853. Two
of Mindon's sons, Princes Myingun, and Myin Kon
Taing disappointed in being excluded from the
succession, launched a palace revolution against
their father on June 8, 1866, and assassinated Crown
Prince Kanaung and three other princes: Malun, Saku
and Pyinsi. The princes were buried on the grounds
where they died. The royal residence was demolished
the next year as the court was moved to the new
Royal Palace. In 1874, King Mindon had the pagoda
built near the graves of the Crown Prince and the
other members of the royal family who lost their
lives in the 1866 coup.
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