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It was one of the 84,000 pagodas built by King thiri Dhamma Thawka the one for 12 mwethariya relics. Originally it was only 12 cubits high. That was later renovated by Anawrahta, Inn-wa Thihathu, King Mindown and Thibaw to 93 cutits.
It lies between 91st and 82nd Streets, 19th and 22nd Street in Aungmye Thazan Township, Pale-Ngweyaung Ward, Mandalay. It is so called because the place was all red from the atmosphere and the power of the pagoda at its consercration. It was also called Thitsanandi Phayani. In olden days people used to come here to take oaths to testify in courts. It was believed that saying untruths after oaths there hurt the sayers. It was also called Mi-pyaying Kyan-kaing Pagoda. Reference 1. Ancient Pagodas in Myanmar Vol I , Jan 2003, by Myat Min Hlaing |
