The Maha Bandula Park or Maha Bandula Garden is a public park, located in
downtown Yangon, Burma.
The park is bounded by Maha Bandula Garden Street in the east, Sule Pagoda
Road in the west, Konthe Road in the south and Maha Bandula Road in the north,
and is surrounded by some of the important buildings in the area such as the
Sule Pagoda, the Yangon City Hall and the High Court.
The park is named after General Maha Bandula who fought against the British in
the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826).
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Yangon City Hall.
Yangon City Hall is the city hall of Yangon, the largest city of
Myanmar, and the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City
Development Committee.
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The building is considered a fine example of syncretic Burmese
architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs called
pyatthat.
- Construction began in 1926 and ended in 1936.
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See more at
Yangon City Hall - Wikipedia.
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Maha Bandula Park.
The park dates to 1867 to 1868, founded as Fytche Square in honour of
the then Chief Commissioner of British Burma, Albert Fytche.
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The site was previously a vacant, swampy site originally known as Tank
Square, which was cleared and laid out as a public recreation ground.
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High Court Building.
The former High Court Building is a colonial-era building. Until 2006,
the Supreme Court of Myanmar was located at this complex.
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The High Court Building was designed by architect James Ransome,
construction of the High Court began in 1905 and was completed in
1911, and is noted for its colonial-era Indo-Saracenic Architecture,
including its clock tower and its red-bricked exterior.
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See more at
High Court Building (Yangon) - Wikipedia.
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The Independence Monument.
A white marble statue of Queen Victoria was placed in the center of the
park in 1896.
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After 1935, the park was renamed Bandula Square, reflecting rising
nationalist sentiment.
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After 1948, the Independence Monument, an obelisk in commemoration of
Burmese independence from the British in 1948, was installed at the
center of the park, replacing the statue of Queen Victoria.
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The statue of Queen Victoria was brought back to England after Myanmar
Independence.
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Sule Pagoda from Maha Bandula Park.
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese Buddhist stupa located in the heart of
downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space
in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography.
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According to legend, it was built before the Shwedagon Pagoda during
the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2,600 years old.
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See more at
Sule Pagoda - Wikipedia.
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See also
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Location
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi House
House of Memories Restaurant
Pansodan Ferry Terminal
Padonmar Restaurant
Yangon Survival Kit