Mon Community Pray
for Mon King Manu Haw
Chan
Mon/IMNA
Mon community, led by two prominent leading
Mon monks, yesterday organized a prayer meeting for the first time in 948 years
for Mon King Manu Haw, the first King of Mon who was attacked and captured by
Burmese King Anawratha.
More than one hundred community leaders from
different viallage-tracts and townships joined the
ceremony held in Lawi-Marn-Htaw temple, Kamarwat village,
"This is the first time that Mon
community held a ceremony for our King of Thuwanabumi,
Sathorm, who was the first Mon King captured by the
Burmese King,", celebrating committee member Nai Soen,
said.
"Today is the day when our King was
captured in past 948 years ago."
The ceremony was opened by Presiding Monks,
Ajar Een-da-ka and Ajar Par Li Ta, and
"After the opening we, monks and people
together, pray for King Manu Haw in Buddhist way. Two leading monks gave
sermons to people on how Manu Haw King ruled the Kingdom and respected Buddhism
and maintained it," Nai Soen added.
Mon King Manu Haw kept the Pi-da-kart, Buddha scriptures, and built many pagodas in his
Kingdom. In AD 1054, Buddha years of 1601, Burmese King Anawratha
attacked Thuwanabumi, Sathorm
and took King Manu Haw and other Mon intellectuals to his Kingdom, Pagan.
King Anawratha also
took Buddha scripture from Sathorm and built many
pagodas in Pagan with the help of Mon architects captured.
Although Mon King was put in small prison
cell at Pagan, he took meditation everyday and built Buddha image Manu Haw (Manuhar phayar in Burmese) and Anarn pagoda (today called Anarn-phayar,
but it was locked) showed how he believed in Buddhism.
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