{"id":10674,"date":"2025-06-06T10:19:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:20:00","slug":"quake-damaged-thonpanhla-monastery-will-be-preserved-again-in-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=10674","title":{"rendered":"Quake-damaged Thonpanhla Monastery will be preserved again in restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>5 June 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bago Region government has announced plans to renovate the ancient and historic Thonpanhla Monastery, which was classified as &#8220;red&#8221; following the Mandalay earthquake, to ensure its original appearance is preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to preserve the original architecture of the ancient two-storey monastery, iron pillars will be installed to reinforce the doors and windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to historians, the Thonpanhla Monastery in Pyay Township, Bago Region, is lieved to be around centuries-old and is renowned as the residence of the great poet Shin Maha Ratthasara, a monk during the Inwa era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monastery is also known for Latheesaekkan, a lake within its grounds, which oral history suggests is the site of the tomb of the renowned Princess Thonpanhla from the Pyu era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restoration is seen as a vital step in preserving Myanmar\u2019s cultural heritage, ensuring that future generations can continue to draw inspiration from one of Pyay\u2019s most revered religious landmarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#Quake #Thonpanhla_Monastery #Myanmar #mtnews<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 June 2025 The Bago Region government has announced plans to renovate the ancient and historic Thonpanhla Monastery,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10676,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674\/revisions\/10676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}