Maravijaya Buddha Image: Conveyance of the Buddha image onto the throne

The process of conveying Maravijaya Buddha image onto the jewelled throne to be built in Buddha Park in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory started on 26th January. The process of lifting up the Buddua image combined with parts 1, 2 and 3 to be placed on the jewelled throne, using a steel tower crane were carried out step by step from 26th to 29th January and the whole lifting up process took 72 hours and 50 minutes.

The conveyance processes of parts of the lifted up Maravijaya Buddha image to the jeweled throne continued to carry out on 29th January and the parts of the Buddha Image could be conveyed up to near the jeweled throne at about 10:17 am on 30th January. The total conveyed distance was 81-ft and it took about 11 hours and 1 minute. The Buddua image combined with parts 1, 2 and 3 that was conveyed near the jeweled throne was lifted to the height of 9 inches at 1:15 am on Tuesday and placed successfully on the throne at 11:34 am.

This process took about 9 hours and 59 minutes. Myanmar Engineering Council and military engineers took seven months in building a steel tower installed with eight cranes to lift up the image to be placed onto the throne after combining the carved parts of the image and building a steel basket for conveying the image to avoid damage, using some 3,800 tonnes of iron wares. Although Myanmar engineers did not have technology and experiences in lifting up the large and heavy mass before, they applied their work experiences to do so with utmost efforts after creating the designs and checking the work process with the use of modern technologies in building the Maravijaya Buddha image.

It was reported that the steel basket carrying the Buddha image combined with three parts and the image weighing over 2,367 tonnes were lifted with eight cranes from the steel tower and the parts of the Buddha image could be conveyed successfully onto the throne. All the construction tasks and lifting tasks aim to enable the people to peacefully pay homage to the Buddha image, take meditation and view Tri Pitakat treatises preached by the Lord Buddha.