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Bagaya Monastery
The name Bagaya is a Mon word. It literally means Khayebin Kyaung. The Bagaya monastery was built on the southwest of Inwa palace on 1593. During Hsin Phyu Shin's reign (1763-1776, Atwinwun Mahathirijeyathankhya, town officer of Magwe built the monastery in the Bagaya monastic establishment and dedicated to Shin Dhammabhinanda. When king Badon (1782-1819) moved the capital from Inwa to Amarapura, Atwinwun Mahathirijeyathankhaya built the monastery in the west of Amarapura and dedicated to the shin Dhammabhinanda.
During King Bagyidaw (1819-1837) the great fire broke out to Kontha quarter, to the south of the palace on 15 April 1821 and Hluttaw, tooth relic tower, watch tower and to northern gate caught fire and seemed that the Bagaya monastery was burnt in the fire. When King Sagaing shifted capital to Inwa, Shin Kawinda resided in the Bagaya monastery. The Inwa Bagan monastery was dedicated during King Sagaing's reign. During the reign of King Tharawady, Prince Pagan built to monastery in the southeast corner of the monastic establishment and dedicated to Shin Pyinnyajota. Prince Pagan succeeded the throne on 17 November 1846.
King Pagan built and donated Mahavizayarama taik, Mahaverambhumtha monastery on the west of the Amarapura capital. The foundation stone for the construction of the monastery was laid on 19 June 1847 and the ceremony for digging was celebrated on 12 July 1847. A year before the monastery was built, the sculptures that would be fixed to the monastery had been carved. The brick enclosure started to be constructed the wooden enclosure to be enclosed. Saungmagyi, Pyathat, Sanuzaung and Bhogazaung were constructed step by step in building a frameword of it. 286 posts were used for it. Expenses were 2296 viss 14 kyats 8 mu 1 pe in total. The liberation ceremony of royal monastery was celebrated on 16 April 1848. In this liberation ceremony the king also dedicated the enclosure wall, wooden enclosure, ceti, 45 monasteries around the royal monastery, bricks rest house, the cave shrine, Pitaka texts four basic necessities and titles for monks.
The government (State Law and Order Restoration Council) tried to reconstruct in 1992. It intends to build a ( gadhakuti) special shrine for the use of Buddha image and Pitaka scriptures. So it put the new Brick building in the place of the old monastery. It was recorded that the monastery was constructed on the model of the old monastery.
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