SAC Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing pays homage to Mawtinsun Pagoda, inspects pagoda platform expansion and renovation work

Chairman of the State Ad­ministration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by SAC members, Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister U Tin Maung Win, South-West Com­mand Commander Brig-Gen Kyi Khine and other officials, paid homage to Maha Maku­tayanthi Mawtinsun Pagoda in Hainggyikyun Township of Ayeyawady Region yesterday morning.

First, the Senior General and party were welcomed by officials, town elders and the pagoda board of trustees. Then, they paid homage to the pagoda and offered flowers and water to the pagoda.

The Senior General and party went round the pagoda in a clockwise procession and inspected the pagoda platform expansion and maintenance work.

Then, the region chief min­ister reported on the pagoda platform expansion and reno­vation process and structures to be seen after the work.

In his response to the re­ports, the Senior General said the Mawtinsun pagoda is a historic pagoda and it should conduct maintenance and ren­ovation processes to ensure stability in such a manner that would not affect its originality. It should also record the work pro­cesses systematically. It needs to estimate the natural disaster and focus on the pleasant and decent things of the pagoda. Then, the Senior General and party observed the displayed record photos of pagoda ren­ovation work in different eras, pagoda platform expansion, maintenance and scale models.

The Senior General and party also viewed round the pa­goda including the renovation of ancient religious buildings and instructed them to conduct the renovation and systematic maintenance work on edifices if necessary.

Then, the Senior General presented cash donations for the all-round renovation of the pagoda to officials of the pagoda board of trustees.—MNA/KTZH