Travel Guide Yadana Taung

24 kilometers from Mawlamyine is the largest reclining Buddha in the world. A mastodon more than 180 meters long. It has been under construction for years, and it seems that it never seems to finish being built, and the oldest parts are already beginning to show the years, while the most recent ones are not even finished. The campaign to collect donations was launched in 1994 by the monk Bhaddanta Kesara. The gigantic size of the sanctuary under construction makes it possible to suspect the actions of some sect. It is an astonishing site, a mixture of statues of Herculean giants and beasts, pagodas and fountains. The body of the Buddha is reached by a wide road, which is accompanied by statues of standing monks. The plans were drawn by the monk Bhaddanta Kesara himself. The masonic construction is hollow. Completed in its entirety, it will house a string of retreat rooms and representations of the life of Buddha.