Mahamuni Paya - Pagoda - Mandalay

The Buddha of this pagod is almost 4 meters high. The amazing thing about this Buddha, made with 6 tons of bronze, is that it is coated with gold that is 5 cm thick, and there are hundreds of crown jewels, pearls, rubies, diamonds, etc. Only men can apply the gold leaf sheets to donate, and the only thing that saves this massive ornamental decoration is the face of the Buddha, that every morning at 4 am it receives a facelift with water to look fresh. It draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The reason for such reverence for the Buddha is that the Buddha image was made in Buddha's life and embraced it 7 times.