Painting in King Singu’s Bell
Location – King Singu’s Bell (Rahu angle)
Detail – King Singu’s Bell Histoy
Category – Painting
Artist – Painting Ohm Myint Win
Note – It was drawn in 1987 and redrawn in 2015 by Ohm Myint Win, the original draftsman.
Detail – King Singu’s Bell Histoy
Category – Painting
Artist – Painting Ohm Myint Win
Note – It was drawn in 1987 and redrawn in 2015 by Ohm Myint Win, the original draftsman.
King Singu Min, in the year 1776, commissioned the casting of a great bell named Mahā Ghaṇṭā to be offered and donated at the Shwedagon Pagoda.
King Singyuk cast and donated the great Singyuk Bell, weighing 15,555 viss, with a thickness of 1 foot, a diameter of 5 cubits, a height of 7 cubits, and a circumference of 922 feet and 6 inches. This grand bell was consecrated on the 11th day of the first lunar month of Tabodwe in the year 1140, on a Wednesday, with the ceremonial pouring of water.
The bell was sinked and fell into the river when the british are put it to the ship, the bell where from the shwedagon pagoda, to bring the bell as the war victory ceremoration to England in 1814.
The King Singu’s bell that sinked into the river was retrieved in 1826 with myanmar traditional technique and culture way and then it was sent to the Shwedagon pagoda.
(Historic) King Singh’s bell was being seen until today inside the pavilion at the Rahu corner of Shwedagon pagoda.
Filled and drew in 2014
Filled and drew in 2014