page_title: Andaw-thein Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Andaw-thein Temple
caption_attribution_description: English: Andaw Thein in Mrauk U
context_page_description: Andaw Thein is a temple in Mrauk U located at the northwest corner of the Shite-thaung Temple. The name means 'Tooth Shrine'. It contains a tooth relic of the Buddha brought over from Sri Lanka. It was first built as an ordination hall between 1515 and 1521 by King Thazata, and restored by Min Bin between 1534 and 1542. It was later expanded into a temple by King Raza II in order to house a tooth relic of the Buddha he brought back from his pilgrimage to Ceylon, either in 1596 or 1606–1607.
context_section_description: Andaw Thein (Burmese: အံတော်သိမ်ဘုရား amtau sim bhu.ra:, [àɰ̃dɔ̀ θèiɰ̃ pʰəjá] Añṯotheiñ hpăyà) is a temple in Mrauk U located at the northwest corner of the Shite-thaung Temple. The name means 'Tooth Shrine'. It contains a tooth relic of the Buddha brought over from Sri Lanka. It was first built as an ordination hall between 1515 and 1521 by King Thazata, and restored by Min Bin between 1534 and 1542. It was later expanded into a temple by King Raza II in order to house a tooth relic of the Buddha he brought back from his pilgrimage to Ceylon, either in 1596 or 1606–1607.
caption: The Andaw Thein Ordination Hall and Temple
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