Man Buddha Temple

The Man Buddha Temple (Burmese: မံဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple in Sale, Magway Region, Myanmar that houses the Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha (Burmese: ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား).

Shinbin Maha Laba Man Buddha
ရှင်ပင်မဟာလာဘမံဘုရား
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Country	Sale, Magwe Region, Burma
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates	20.835648°N 94.745540°E / 20.835648; 94.745540
Architecture
Completed	c. 1300; 725 years ago (1300)

The Buddha image is nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) tall, and purportedly floated from Monywa to Sale in 1888 after extensive flooding in the area.^[1] The hollow Buddha image is coated with gold lacquer, and is the largest lacquer Buddha image in Myanmar.^[2][1] The style of the Buddha image dates to c. 1300.^[1]

See also

• Buddhism in Myanmar