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China holds a 48-day enshrinement of the Buddha tooth relic in Myanmar (Linked to Record ID#39347)

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2011
Start (actual)
Nov 6, 2011
End (actual)
Dec 24, 2011

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The purpose of this project was to promote a 48-day enshrinement of the Sacred Buddha tooth relic in Yangon, Myanmar. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6004094

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Myanmar Ministry of Religious Affairs

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Beijing’s Lingguang Temple

Loan desecription

China holds a 48-day enshrinement of the Buddha tooth relic in Myanmar (Linked to Record ID#39347)

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Project narrative

From 6 November to 24 December 2011 China promoted a 48-days enshrinement of the Sacred Buddha tooth relic in Yangon, Myanmar. This has been declared during a press conference held immediately previous to the signing ceremony of a MoU between China and Myanmar the establishment of friendly relationship between the Beijing Lingguang Temple and the Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon on the occasion of the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Shwedagon Pagoda which took place on 22 February 2012 in Yangon.This enshrinement is the 4th in the history of China-Myanmar relations, and it has achieved remarkable success. At the invitation of successive Myanmar governments, the Chinese Buddha sacred tooth relic had been conveyed to Myanmar four times in 1955-56, 1994, 1996-97 and 2011 respectively.