An auspicious ceremony to lift up the Buddha image combined with parts 1, 2 and 3 to be placed on the jewelled (Yadana) throne in Buddha Park with the use of a steel tower crane took place at the park on 26 January.
The members of Sangha led by Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Mandalay’s Bhamo Monastery’s Sayadaw and Chancellor of Sitagu International Buddhist Academies Shwegyin Nikaya Chairman Shwegyin Sangharaja, and well-wishers led by leading donor State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing commenced the ceremony starting from 8:10 am on 26 January. The processes of lifting up the Buddua image are as follows:
- At the midnight of 27 January, the image was lifted up to 51.2°.
- At the midnight of 28 January, the image was lifted up to 68.6°.
- At 9 am of 29 January, the image was lifted up to 90°. The whole lifting up process took 72 hours and 50 minutes.
Four parts of the Buddha image was carved with the use of CNC machine, and combination of parts 1, 2 and 3 have been completed. The lifting up of the image and conveyance of the image onto the jewelled throne continue.
Those from Myanmar Engineering Council and military engineers took seven months in building a steel tower installed with eight cranes to lift up the image to be placed onto the throne after combining the carved parts of the image and building a steel basket for conveying the image to avoid damage, using some 3,800 tonnes of iron wares.
Although those Myanmar engineers did not have technology and experiences in lifting up the large and heavy mass before, they applied their work experiences to do so with utmost efforts after creating the designs and checking the work process with the use of modern technologies in building the Maravijaya Buddha image.
It was reported that eight cranes from the steel tower continue lifting the steel basket carrying the Buddha image combined with three parts and the image weighing 2,367.5 tonnes and it will continue work process in procedures. All the construction tasks and lifting tasks aim to enable the people to peacefully pay homage to the Buddha image, take meditation and view Tri Pitakat treatises preached by the Lord Buddha.
Source: GNLM (30.1.2023)
- The process of lifting up the “Maravijaya” Buddua image combined with parts 1, 2 and 3 to be placed on the jewelled throne with the use of a steel tower crane started from 8:10 am on 26 January. At 9 am of 29 January, the image was lifted up to 90°. The whole lifting up process took 72 hours and 50 minutes.
- Although Myanmar engineers did not have technology and experiences in lifting up the large and heavy mass before, they applied their work experiences to do so with utmost efforts after creating the designs and checking the work process with the use of modern technologies in building the Maravijaya Buddha image.
- The eight cranes from the steel tower continue lifting the steel basket carrying the Buddha image combined with three parts and the image weighing 2,367.5 tonnes and it will continue work process in procedures.