23 January 2025
According to Daw San San Pyone, staff officer of the Department of Archaeology and National Museum(Mandalay Branch), the department continues the preservation of Golden Palace Monastery in its original artworks of the Yadanabon era for public observation in Mandalay. There were six repair projects completed by the department this year: the restoration of the signboard letters in front of the Monastery, the renewal of historical documents of the palace, the application of oil dregs underneath the pillars, the preservation of pillars in Satawun Hall’s western and eastern chambers, the replacement of damaged pillars, and pruning.
The 10 Jataka stories of Buddha are depicted on teak plates, which are six feet long and three feet thick, sticking on the pillars of the shrine room of the palace, and they are fenced to prevent people from touching them.
“The king donated the Shwenandaw Kyaung, so it is one of the first-class ancient monasteries. The Department of Archaeology and National Museum conserved the Shwenandaw in 1995. The entrance fee is K500 per head for locals and free for children under 12, while K15,000 per head for foreigners. The admission is free for students,” she said.
There was a Shwenandaw located within the Myanansan Shwenandaw compound and a separate hall for King Mindon. In 1883, King Thibaw, son of King Mindon, rebuilt the palace on the current site after his father’s death in 1878. There are 150 pillars spanning 116 feet east to west, 71 feet south to north, and standing 60 feet high.
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