Lawkananda Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar has been built by enshrining a replica of Tooth Relic of the Buddha brought from Sri Lanka in the 11th century AD.
Lawkananda Pagoda Lawkananda Pagoda Rambha Monastery (Burmese: လောကနန္ဒာစေတီ) is a Buddhist Stupa situated in Bagan, Myanmar. It is believed to have been constructed by enshrining a replica of the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha brought from Sri Lanka in the 11th century A.D. Lawkananda, or Lokananda in Pali means the "joy of the world". History Sri Lanka was under the rule of South Indian Cholas from 1017 to 1070 A.D. During this period Buddhism in Sri Lanka gradually declined as Cholas violently destroyed many Buddhist monasteries around the country (Ranawella, 2007). Although King Vijayabahu I (1055-1110 A.D.) expelled Cholas from Sri Lanka by 1070 he was unable to assemble a sufficient number of Buddhist monks to perform the ceremony of Upasampada [(the act of higher ordination) Ranawella, 2007]. He sent messengers to King Anuruddha (Anawrahta Minsaw: 1044-1077 A.D.) of the Ramanna country (present Myanmar/Burma) in order to get a sufficient number of monks to restore the Upasampada act in …