State Security and Peace Commission Vice-Chairman, Defence Services Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win paid homage to the Kaunghmulon Pagoda in Machanbaw Township of PutaO District yesterday morning.
Accompanied
by Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan, senior Tatmadaw officers from
the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of the Northern Command and
deputy ministers, the Vice-Senior General offered alms in the alms-bowl,
fruits, oil lights, flowers and water to the Buddha Image at the Kaunghmulon
Pagoda.
He donated
cash to the fund for the overall renovation of the pagoda to the officials.
In the 244
Sasana era during the reign of King Siridhammasoka, the Kaunghmulon Pagoda,
enshrined with three sacred hair relics of the Lord Buddha, was built on the
eastern bank of the Malikha River near Kaunghmulon Village in Machanbaw
Township of PutaO District in Kachin State. It is the largest and tallest
pagoda in the PutaO region, showcasing the evidence that Buddhism has been
thriving in the northernmost part of Myanmar in successive eras till today.
In the
afternoon, the Vice-Senior General inspected local battalions in Machanbaw and
PutaO stations, where he cordially greeted wives of Tatmadaw members and
coordinated requirements of Tatmadaw families with officials.
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