The body of late Win Sein Taw Ya Sayadaw, preserved in a glass-coffin, was transferred to a new building, Bhumi Yarzar Dhama Hall, on the compound of Win Sein Taw Ya temple, on Sunday [January 24]. Yet, it will be placed at the hall for 10 days only, in order for public to visit and pay respect. After 10 days, it will be transferred to a
special building, Thawara Nipan [Forever Nirvana] hall, on February 3.
Thousands of people, including Mon State’s outgoing chief minister and government staff, participated in the ceremony. Several foreigners, who came to visit the temple, also joined the event.
Win Sein Taw Ya Sayadaw Vattanda Kay Thara passed away, at the age of 95, from a heart attack on April 24, 2015, at Asia Royal Hospital, in Yangon, and his body was later transferred to Mon State on the same day.
He started the construction of the first Reclining Buddha statue in 1992 and the statue is now 400-meter-long. The Reclining Buddha is located in near Mudon Town, Mon State and is now known as the world’s largest reclining Buddha statue in the world.
Monk and devotees loosening screws from the glass-coffin seen through a smart-phone screen (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Sitting Sayadaw is carried by two devotees as the parade passes by the well-known Reclining Buddha statue [seen in the back] (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Sayadaw, preserved in glass-coffin, being carried on vehicle to the new hall along the parade (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Monk and devotees lifting the coffin before boarding it on a vehicle (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Glass-coffin lifted by a crane (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Ceremony-goers standing by and waiting to pay respect to Sayadaw’s body when the coffin passes through. (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
After the ceremony, the devotees climb over to the entrance of the Reclining Buddha. (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Performers in uniform carrying religious ‘Pja Tha’ (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Young boys dressed Brahmin style heading to the new hall, where the Sayadaw is now kept. (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
A senior monk talking to followers in the new hall after the Sayadaw’s coffin is in place (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
Outgoing Mon State Chief Minister following the leading senior monks to new hall. (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
The two legs of Sayadaw, in preserved coffin, after it is replaced in new hall (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
The glass-coffin being carried into the new hall after leaving the vehicle (Photo: Jaeneh Aong/MNA)
