Amarapura (City of Immortality) is a city in the Mandalay division of Myanmar, situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay. It is sometimes referred to as Taungmyo (Southern City) to distinguish it from Mandalay (Northern City). Mandalay (Burmese: ) is the second largest city (2000 pop. ... Mandalay (Burmese: ) is the second largest city (2000 pop. ...

King Bodawpaya (1781-1819) of the Konbaung Dynasty founded Amarapura to be his new capital in 1783, soon after he ascended the throne. In 1795, he received the first British embassy to visit Burma. Bosawpaya’s son, King Bagyidaw (1819-1837), moved the Court back to Ava in 1823. The Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885) was the last Burmese dynasty. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ava is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated just to the south of Amarapura on the Ayeyarwady River. ...

From 1841-1857, King Mindon Min (1853-1878) decided to make Amarapura the capital again, before relocating to his planned city of Mandalay in 1860. Today, little remains of the old city, as the palace buildings were dismantled and move by elephant to the new location, and the city walls were pulled down for use as building materials for roads and railways. Mindon Min (1808 1878) was King of Burma from 1853 to his death. ...

The city is known today for silk and cotton weaving, and bronze casting. It is a popular tourist day-trip from Mandalay. Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fiber that can be woven into textiles. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ...

Remaining sights include:

• Pahtodawgyi – A paya built by King Bodawpaya in 1820 outside the city walls
• Bagaya Kyuang – wooden monastery founded by King Mindon
• U Bein’s Bridge – a 1.2 km wooden footbridge (longest teak bridge in the world)
• Kyautawgyi Patya – A temple constructed by King Pagan in 1847
• Palace Ruins – containing tombs of King Bodawpaya and King Bagyidaw

In 1800, Buddhist clergy from Sri Lanka obtained higher ordination in this city and founded the Amarapura Nikaya ( Amarapura sect). 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Amarapura Nikaya is a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity (a lineage of ordained monks) founded in 1800. ...