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29-678: It is one of 9 legally sanctioned monastic orders ( nikāya ) in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations. Thudhamma is considered a more pragmatic order than the Shwegyin Nikaya , with looser rules regarding Vinaya regulations and is less hierarchical than the former. Like all the major orders in Burma, Thudhamma Nikaya prohibits monks from engaging in political activity. Ordained Buddhist monks by monastic order in Myanmar (2016). According to 2016 statistics published by

58-761: A kyaung to win his father's favor. He passed the Pahtamabyan religious examinations and gained respect and recognition from his father and the chief queen. He was also educated at Aitchison College in Lahore (now in Pakistan ). One of Mindon's chief consorts, the Queen of the Middle Palace, Hsinbyumashin , helped to broker a marriage between her eldest daughter, Supayagyi and Thibaw, who were half-siblings by blood. In 1878, Thibaw succeeded his father in

87-649: A human rebirth . Thibaw Min Thibaw Min , also Thebaw ( Burmese : သီပေါ‌မင်း , pronounced [θìbɔ́ mɪ́ɰ̃] ; 1 January 1859 – 19 December 1916), was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last Burmese monarch in the country's history . His reign ended when the Royal Burmese armed forces were defeated by the forces of the British Empire in

116-473: A bloody succession massacre. Hsinbyumashin, one of Mindon's queens, had grown dominant at the Mandalay court during Mindon's final days. Under the guise that Mindon wanted to bid his children (other princes and princesses) farewell, Hsinbyumashin had all royals of close age (who could potentially be heir to the throne) mercilessly slaughtered by edict, to ensure that Thibaw and her daughter Supayagyi would assume

145-575: A grand two-story brick building, colloquially "Thibaw's Palace," built of laterite and lava rock, set in 20 acres (8.1 ha) of gardens. The Government of India initially gave Thibaw an annual allowance varying between 35,000 and 42,000 rupees. This was increased in 1906 to 100,000 rupees (c. £7000). Thibaw was reported to be reclusive and did not leave the property during his time in Ratanagiri, but he sponsored local festivals, particularly during Diwali . He died at age 57 on 15 December 1916 and

174-749: A series of Sangha reforms by prior Konbaung kings to purify and unite the Sangha. The name 'Thudhamma' comes from the Thudhamma Council (an ecclesiastical organization founded by Bodawpaya), which in turn is named after Mandalay's Thudhamma Zayats , the meeting grounds for the Council. The office of the Supreme Patriarch ( သာသနာပိုင် or Thathanabaing ), similar to the position of Sangharaja in Thailand and Cambodia, dates back to

203-551: A younger son of Myat Phaya Galay. The fourth daughter, Myat Phaya Galay (1887–1936), married a former Burmese monk, Ko Ko Naing, and had six children, the eldest of whom, Taw Phaya Gyi (1922–1948), became pretender to the throne. His son Soe Win is the present pretender. Another son, Taw Phaya , married his cousin, Phaya Rita, daughter of Myat Phaya. Both the third and fourth daughters were born in India but died in Burma and two of their children married each other, pretender to

232-570: Is the second largest monastic order of monks in Burma. It is one of nine legally sanctioned monastic orders ( nikāya ) in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations. Shwegyin Nikaya is a more orthodox order than Sudhammā Nikāya , with respect to adherence to the Vinaya , and its leadership is more centralized and hierarchical. The head of the Shwegyin Nikaya is called

261-665: The Mahagandayon Monastery , a Shwegyin monastery in Amarapura . During the 2021 Myanmar protests , the order urged Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to immediately cease the assaults on unarmed civilians and to refrain from engaging in theft and property destruction . Its leading monks reminded the senior general to be a good Buddhist, which entailed keeping to the Five Precepts required for at least

290-585: The Sangha Sammuti ( သံဃာသမ္မုတိ ), whose authority on doctrine and religious practice is considered absolute ( နိကာယဓိပတိ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ မဟာနာယက ဓမ္မသေနာပတိ ). According to 2016 statistics published by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee , 50,692 monks belonged to this monastic order, representing 9.47% of all monks in the country, making it the second largest order after Sudhammā. With respect to geographic representation,

319-485: The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee , 467,025 monks belonged to this monastic order, representing 87% of all monks in the country. With respect to geographic representation, the plurality of Thudhamma monks live in Mandalay Region (19.76%), followed by Shan State (16.09%), Yangon Region (15.39%), and Sagaing Region (9.88%). Thudhamma Nikaya was founded in the late 18th century by King Bodawpaya , after

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348-532: The Third Anglo-Burmese War , on 29 November 1885, prior to its official annexation on 1 January 1886. Prince Thibaw was born Maung Yay Set ( မောင်ရေစက် ), the son of King Mindon and one of his consorts, Laungshe Mibaya . Thibaw's mother had been banished from the palace court by Mindon and spent her final years as a thilashin , a kind of female Burmese Buddhist renunciant. During the early years of his life, Thibaw studied Buddhist texts at

377-600: The 13th century, started by the monk Shin Arahan in the Pagan Kingdom . The Thathanabaing was responsible for managing the monastic hierarchy and education at monasteries. In 1784, King Bodawpaya assembled the Thudhamma Council, led by the Thathanapaing and four elders ( ထေရ် or thera ) to resolve a longstanding issue on the proper wearing of monk's robes (whether one or both shoulders should be exposed). Toward

406-548: The British as pretext that he was a tyrant who reneged on his treaties and they decided to complete the conquest they had started in 1824. The invasion force which consisted of 11,000 men, a fleet of flat-bottomed boats and elephant batteries, was led by General Harry Prendergast . Main article - Exile of Thibaw Min British troops quickly reached the royal capital of Mandalay with little opposition. Within twenty-four hours,

435-623: The Queen of the Northern Palace. He swore that if he were to break this promise, he would forfeit his throne, potentially leading to the downfall of the dynasty. Unfortunately, the king never fulfilled his promise, and Daing Khin Khin was executed by Supayalat while she was pregnant. In December 2012, the president of Burma Thein Sein paid homage at the tomb of the king in Ratnagiri and met

464-707: The end of the Konbaung dynasty , the council, which oversaw religious affairs in the kingdom, including the appointment of monastery abbots, Vinaya regulations, discipline of individual monks, and administration of Pali examination, was expanded to include 8 elders. Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw is current Sangharaja of Thudhamma Nikaya. Shwegyin Nikaya Shwegyin Nikāya ( Burmese : ရွှေကျင်နိကာယ ; MLCTS : Hrwekyang Ni.kaya. , IPA: [ʃwèdʑɪ́ɰ̃ nḭkàja̰] ; also spelt Shwekyin Nikāya )

493-524: The plurality of Shwegyin monks live in Yangon Region (23.66%), followed by Sagaing Region (17.47%), Bago Region (16.58%), and Mandalay Region (13.98%). The monastic order was founded in the mid-nineteenth century by a chief abbot monk in the village of Shwegyin (translated into english as Gold or suvaṇṇa into Pāḷi); hence, its name. It formally separated from the Sudhammā Nikāya during

522-579: The pretender to the throne and married her father's private secretary, Khin Maung Lat , who was also his nephew. They did not have any children, but Lat adopted her Nepalese maidservant's son. The third daughter, Myat Phaya, went on to marry twice. Her first marriage was to a Burmese prince, Hteik Tin Kodawgyi, with whom she had a daughter, Phaya Rita. After a divorce, she married secondly a Burmese lawyer, Mya U. Phaya Rita married her cousin, Taw Phaya ,

551-464: The reign of King Mindon Min , and attempts to reconcile the two sects by the last king of Burma, Thibaw Min , were unsuccessful. Monks of the order did not participate in the nationalist and anti-colonial movement in British Burma of the early 1900s. In the 1960s, with the ascent of Ne Win to power, the order gained monastic influence in the country, as Ne Win sought counsel from a monk at

580-487: The size of the Hluttaw from four departments to 14: During King Thibaw's reign, a new administrative unit, the district ( ခရိုင် , khayaing ), based on the administrative units of British India , was created, in order to centralize administration from the court. Altogether, the kingdom was divided into 10 districts and administrated by district ministers ( ခရိုင်ဝန် ), who had authority over smaller administrative units,

609-458: The three returned to Ratnagiri and spent the rest of their lives there. Gyi and Tutu lived in poverty and survived by making paper flowers to sell on the markets, as Sawant took all of her pension from the British government; he did however buy them a house. Tutu also lived her life in poverty and had eleven children who knew little about their royal ancestry until 21st century interest in the royal family. The second daughter, Myat Phaya Lat, became

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638-403: The throne Taw Phaya and princess Phaya Rita. They had seven children, thus securing the royal family line. King Thibaw had a secret love affair with the noblewoman Daing Khin Khin , in the absence of his queen, Supayalat, orchestrated by his close companion, Maung Maung Toke . To marry her, King Thibaw made a solemn promise to ensure her safety within the palace and grant her the royal title of

667-620: The throne, Thibaw, his wife Supayalat and two infant daughters were coerced by British authority to move to Ratnagiri , British India , a port city off the Arabian Sea . During their first 24 years in India, Thibaw's family lived at Outram Hall, in Dharangaon , inland from Ratanagiri, but in 1906 the Government agreed to spend over 125,000 rupees (c. £9000) to construct a new official residence for them. The family then moved into

696-432: The throne. During the royal Aggamahesi coronation, Supayalat pushed in next to her sister to be anointed queen at the same time, breaking an ancient royal custom. This resulted in two queens being anointed in parallel, a situation that had never occurred before in the history of Burma. At the time of his accession, Lower Burma , half of the kingdom's former territory, had been under British occupation for thirty years and it

725-416: The time, the kingdom's treasury reserves had diminished, forcing the government to increase taxation on the peasants. In 1878, the national lottery was also introduced on a trial basis, which became popular but soon went awry, with many families losing their livelihoods. The lottery experiment was ended in 1880. In October to November 1878, a meeting at Mandalay Palace's North Garden significantly expanded

754-559: The troops had marched to the Mandalay Palace to demand the unconditional surrender of Thibaw and his kingdom within twenty-four hours. At the time, the king and queen had retired to a summer house in the palace gardens. The following morning, King Thibaw was forced on a bullock cart, along with his family, and proceeded to a steamer on the Irrawaddy River , in the presence of a huge crowd of subjects. After abdicating

783-468: The villages and towns. Thibaw also rolled back the conversion of local administrators from myo-thugyi ( မြို့သူကြီး ) to myo-ok ( မြို့အုတ် ), which had been part of administrative reforms carried out by Mindon, based on the prevailing administrative system in Lower Burma. A proclamation issued by the court of King Thibaw in 1885 which called on his countrymen to conquer Lower Burma was used by

812-412: Was buried in a small walled plot adjacent to a Christian cemetery, along with one of his consorts, Hteiksu Phaya Galay. The surviving exiled royal family was relocated to Burma in 1919, after the king's death. In exile, the king's first born daughter, Myat Phaya Gyi, had had a romance with a married Indian gatekeeper, Gopal Sawant, which resulted in a daughter, Tutu. Despite the royal family's opposition,

841-532: Was no secret that the King intended to regain this territory. Relations had soured during the early 1880s when the King was perceived as having made moves to align his country with the French more closely. Relations deteriorated further in an incident later called "The Great Shoe Question", where visiting British dignitaries refused to remove their shoes before entering the royal palace and were subsequently banished. At

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