The Maravijaya Buddha Image, the tallest of its kind globally and situated within Nay Pyi Taw’s Buddha Park, is drawing crowds of pilgrims. Supporters are generously providing vegetable biryani meals to those visiting the pagoda.
Enhanced security measures ensure the well-being of pilgrims. Special arrangements, including buggies for monks, the elderly, and the disabled, are in place alongside the escalator. Ample spaces are dedicated to reciting Gathas, and 24 special chambers offer panoramic views of surrounding pagodas from the Maravijaya platform.
Visitors also have the chance to pay obeisance to 720 stone plaque chamber pagodas that bear inscriptions from the Tri Pitaka treatises, displayed in Pali and Romanized languages using modern techniques. Traditional Thudhamma public houses have attracted pilgrims, as have the water fountain square, Sasana Beikman Agga Dhipati ordination hall, and other religious and leisure areas in Buddha Park.
Free admission is available from 8 to 16 August, with monks, nuns, and visitors making contributions. Public obeisance has been extended from 17 to 19 August, allowing peaceful homage to the Buddha Image. Starting on 20 August, a fee of K1,000 per adult and US$10 per foreigner will be introduced to support the upkeep of the Maravijaya Buddha Image and the park’s long-term maintenance.
For additional information, please visit the Maravijaya Buddha Image’s official website at mbiw.myannet.com, as well as their Twitter account and Telegram channel. — MNA/KTZH
