As the Maravijaya Buddha Image is being carved, the park is being built and the stone plaque chambers are being constructed in the Maravijaya Buddha Park in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw in Union Territory, leading well-wisher the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected the progress of the construction on 3 November.
The Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party heard reports on the progress of the construction of Maravijaya Buddha Image presented by the officials as follows:
- Matters relating to the placing positions for the Buddha image and conveyance of the image onto the throne.
- Growing of trees and flowery plants for greening the Maravijaya Buddha park, and construction of the religious edifices and progress of tasks.
- Carving of Pitaka treatise literature of the 6th Buddhist Synod in Pali and Romanized Languages on the marble stones using modern machines in accord with the advice of venerable Sayadaws, and collection of donated cash.
After hearing the reports, the Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister instructed the officials to systematically carry out the construction of the Buddha Image in detail. Then, the Senior General and party sought advice from venerable Sayadaws and they viewed round the following places:
- The scale models of the buildings and sample Pitaka treatise books printed in Pali and Romanized Languages to be published to monasteries across the world.
- The progress of the Buddha image and the throne.
- The completion of building the retaining walls.
- The construction of the stone plaque chambers and further tasks, the progress of Thudhamma public rest houses and the building of Mucalinda Lake.
The Maravijaya Buddha Image is being built with the four aims. And the marble rock was checked by X-ray in 2018 to know the possible measures, volume and faults, and the measures to carve the height of the image and throne were estimated. The marble rocks were conveyed from Sagyin Hill in Madaya Township to Sameikkhon Port by shipping and then to Nay Pyi Taw by modular trailers along the Mandalay-Yangon Expressway amid the difficulties. On arrival at Nay Pyi Taw, the marble rocks are being carved in advanced technology with the use of CNC machines by experts day and night.
Many religious edifices including the Sasana Beikman which can accommodate 1,200 members of the Sangha and laypersons at the religious ceremonies are being constructed in the compound of the Buddha park while the Buddha image is being carved. According to the advice of venerable Sayadaws, Pitaka treatise literature in line with the 6th Buddhist Synod is being carved on marble slabs in Pali and Romanized languages with the use of modern machinery to enable the world to know the treatises. The carved Tripitaka treatises of the Lord Buddha and Atthakatha Tika treatises are posted to enable the pilgrims to know these treatises in the stone plaque chambers while visiting the Buddha image. Upon completion of the Maravijaya Buddha image, it would be the largest and highest carved marble sitting Buddha statue not only in Myanmar but in global countries.
Source: The GNLM (4.11.2022)
- The Prime Minister and party viewed round the scale models of the buildings and sample Pitaka treatise books printed in Pali and Romanized Languages to be published to monasteries across the world, the construction of the stone plaque chambers and further tasks, the progress of Thudhamma public rest houses and the building of Mucalinda Lake.
- Many religious edifices including the Sasana Beikman which can accommodate 1,200 members of the Sangha and laypersons at the religious ceremonies are being constructed in the compound of the Buddha park.
- Upon completion of the Maravijaya Buddha image, it would be the largest and highest carved marble sitting Buddha statue not only in Myanmar but in global countries.