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Bago Region is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to the north; Kayin State, Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east; Yangon Region to the south and Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State to the west. It is located between 46°45'N and 19°20'N and 94°35'E and 97°10'E. It has a population of 4,867,373 (2014).
Kalewa Township is a township of Kale District in Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Kalewa. The Paluzawa coal mines are located in Kalewa township.
Bago District is a district of the Bago Division in central Burma (Myanmar). The capital lies at Bago.
Shin Upagutta is an arahant commonly venerated by Buddhists in Myanmar. He is believed to protect worshipers from danger, including floods and storms. He is also venerated in Northern Thailand and Laos, where he is known as Upakhut.
Thudhamma Nikaya is the largest monastic order of monks in Burma, with 85-90% of Burmese monks (250,000) belonging to this order. It is one of 9 legally sanctioned monastic orders (nikaya) in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations. Thudhamma is considered a more pragmatic order than the Shwegyin Nikaya, with looser rules regarding Vinaya regulations and is less hierarchical than the former. Like all the major orders in Burma, Thudhamma Nikaya prohibits monks from engaging in political activity.
Maha Dwara Nikaya ; also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is the name of a small monastic order of monks in Myanmar (Burma), numbering a three to four thousand monks, primarily in Lower Myanmar. This order is very conservative with respect to Vinaya regulations. It is one of 9 legally sanctioned monastic orders (nikaya) in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations.
Hngettwin Nikaya, officially Catubhummika Mahāsatipaṭṭhana Nikāya is the name of a monastic order of monks in Burma, numbering approximately 1,000 monks, primarily in Mandalay. Founded in the mid-19th century by the abbot of the Hngettwin Monastery, it is one of 9 legally sanctioned monastic orders (nikaya) in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations. Hngettwin Nikaya is a very orthodox order, with a minimalist and austere approach to Buddhist rituals found in Burma, not recognizing any rituals inconsistent with Buddhist doctrine, including nat spirit worship. For instance, members of this order do not worship or venerate the image of Buddha, but his spirit.
Banmauk Township is a township in Katha District in the Sagaing Division of Burma. The principal town is Banmauk.
Shwegyin Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma. The principal town is Shwegyin (town).
Kyungon may refer to any one of several places in Burma (Myanmar):
Ashin Nyanissara best known as Sitagu Sayadaw (သီတဂူဆရာတော်), is a meditation teacher and prolific Buddhist scholar. He is also founder and head of the Sitagu Buddhist Academies.
U Sīlānanda was a Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar of vipassana meditation. Born in Mandalay, he first ordained as a novice monk (samanera) on 14 April 1943 at the age of 16, during Thingyan celebrations. He was ordained under Sayadaw U Pannavata at the Mahavijjodaya Chaung Monastery on the Sagaing Hills and given the Dharma name Sīlānanda. He attended the Kelly High School, an American Baptist mission school, before entering the monkhood.
The Thadingyut Festival, also known as the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese lunar month of Thadingyut. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist lent (Vassa) and is the second most popular festival in Myanmar after Thingyan Festival. Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from the heaven after he preached the Abhidhamma to his mother, Maya, who was reborn in the heaven.
The Shwegyin Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Shwegyin River in Shwegyin Township of the Bago Region in Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it has a 75 megawatts (101,000 hp) power station just below its base. Construction on the dam began in 2002, the first generator was operational in December 2010 and it was formally opened on 22 October 2011. It is owned by the Ministry of Electric Power and cost US$161 million to construct.
Mahāgandhāyon Monastery, located in Amarapura, Myanmar, is the country's most prominent monastic college. The monastery, known for its strict adherence to the Vinaya, the Buddhist monastic code.
Shwegyin is a town in Bago District, Pegu region in Burma (Myanmar). It is the administrative seat of Shwegyin Township.
Ayeyeiknyein Cemetery, commonly known as the Kyanikan Cemetery is a publicly-owned cemetery and crematorium in Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is operated by the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC).
