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It lies in Dawei, Tanintharyi Division. Shin Maha Arahan, the arahanta, pondered how Buddha sasana would fare in the next 5000 years. Then the Thagyamin, the king of nats, built four statues to represent Kaukasana, Gonagon, Kassapa and Gautama, the four Buddhas that had come in this world of Badda, and on the full moon day of Tabaung Sasana Sakarit 932, he sent ghem on oath to the country that would see Buddha sasana flourish all along in these 5000 years; the one sent by float on longs of thingan stumps reached Thagara, Dawei. It was hailed tumultuously by tens of thousands of people on thousands
Reference 1. Ancient Pagodas in Myanmar Vol I , Jan 2003, by Myat Min Hlaing |
