NAY PYI TAW, 20 July – Seinbudaw and Hngetmyatnardaw hoisting ceremony of HsuhtoopanThitsar Mandaing Lawkamarazein Pagoda was held in the precincts of the pagoda in Pyawbwe Township this morning.
The 108-cubit pagoda was built on Maha Mingala Zeya Theikdhi hill near Thayagon Village, Hsartaung Village Tract in Pyawbwe Township, Yamethin District, Mandalay Division by Kaba Shweyinaye Sayadaw Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Vijjabala.
Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence attended the ceremony and hoisted the Seinbudaw atop the pagoda.
Also present were members of the Sangha led by State Ovadacariya Sayadaws Hsinkyon Tawya
Sayadaw of Yamethin Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Kosalla, Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw of Yele Pali Tekkatho in Pyawbwe Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Kovida, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min and wife Daw Wai Wai Tha,Maj-Gen Tin Soe of the Ministry of Defence and wife, Brig-Gen Hla Myint of regional battalion and senior military officers, local authorities, members of the pagoda board of trustees,
members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, social organizations, townselders
and local people.
The congregation received the Nine Precepts from Sayadaw Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Kosalla. Next, disciples presented paritta flowers, water, sand and thread to the members of the Sangha.
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