Yokesone Monastery
Yokesone Monastery
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2012Excavator
Singapore, Singapore50 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
If you have had enough of the brick temples of Bagan, one option is to take a car 2.5 hours south to a town called Salay. This small town has some fantastic monasteries, as well as 109 Bagan-period temples if you are still in the mood for more. The monastery's main attraction are its large three-dimensional carvings of about 15 of the Jataka tales, stories of Buddha's previous lives. The monastery has now been taken over by the Archaeology Department, and houses an excellent small museum with historical religious objects as well as artifacts found in excavations nearby. There is a nice small gift shop next to the museum with locally-made handicrafts and books (mostly in Burmese) for sale. After visiting the monastery, proceed across the road and down the lane to more Buddhist temples. A few kilometers away is another Buddhist centre called Sarkjouhla, this one with more modern plaster carvings of Buddhist legends and much else of interest. There is one restaurant, Salay House, on Strand Road.
Written 5 January 2018
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shweeyoo
Antwerp, Belgium57 contributions
Nov 2019
Thaugh smaller then the Ava monastery - this wooden monastery is so much nicer to visit - cleaner - more objects in a kind of museum.
Written 8 December 2019
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Teddy-at-large
579 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
This beautiful teak monastery was built almost 200 years ago and is in “mint condition”. It gives you an idea how the older monasteries looked like in their hay day. It was funded by a local powerful merchant. It’s decorated with a lot of intricate teakwood carvings many of which tell stories what to avoid, like various types of sexual misconduct. Maybe to be a reminder for the people in the monastery not to get in trouble. For the best view/photo of the whole building go to the back side of it.
Check if it is open before you go, apparently Monday’s are closed.
It’s quite close from the market and about 10-15 min walk from Salay Riverview Inn/Salay house and restaurant.
Check if it is open before you go, apparently Monday’s are closed.
It’s quite close from the market and about 10-15 min walk from Salay Riverview Inn/Salay house and restaurant.
Written 14 February 2019
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wendyanddavid536
Solihull, UK2,122 contributions
Jan 2018 • Couples
A short walk from the Irrawaddy River bank through the fascinating village of Salay, the monastery is amazing in that it is made completely from teak. While we were there they were coating some of the wood with an evil oil concoction which was dripping onto the floor so you had to be careful when you trod. Beautiful wood carvings and lacquer chests to be seen also.
Written 20 January 2018
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tezza915
Brisbane, Australia66 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
We really enjoyed our visit here as a break from all the palace and stupas found in Bagan. Inside Are some very old museum piece dating back to the 13th century. Cost is 5000, shame there was no English brochures. Don't miss going further down the hill pass the market and to the right for an amazing collection of run down British colonial houses scattered around.
Written 24 December 2017
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Peter
Glasgow, UK3,211 contributions
Jan 2017 • Friends
Something to see from all sides and angles. Fine carved scenes.19 miles south of Bagan.The question is how much has been restored?
Written 28 April 2017
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roaming_kiwi58
Christchurch, New Zealand2,816 contributions
Mar 2017 • Couples
We visited this monastery from an Irrawaddy river cruise. We walked to it from where our ship stopped by the riverbank at Sale (also known as Salay).
The Yoke Sone Kyaung monastery is now a museum. It is a teak monastery which was built in 1882. There are the most amazing carvings all around the outside of the building. We saw several teak monasteries while in Burma/Myanmar, but this was certainly the most impressive, with such detail in the carvings. There is a small souvenir stall at the gate of the monastery. Worth a visit, but not sure how you would get there other than from a river cruise, as we did.
The Yoke Sone Kyaung monastery is now a museum. It is a teak monastery which was built in 1882. There are the most amazing carvings all around the outside of the building. We saw several teak monasteries while in Burma/Myanmar, but this was certainly the most impressive, with such detail in the carvings. There is a small souvenir stall at the gate of the monastery. Worth a visit, but not sure how you would get there other than from a river cruise, as we did.
Written 4 April 2017
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YinYang01
La Balme-les-Grottes, France317 contributions
Sept 2016 • Couples
It is really worth going there, this teak Monastery is beautiful, peaceful and a real pleasure for the eyes. Not far from Bagan.
Written 7 November 2016
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Elizabeth G
Tanunda, Australia174 contributions
Few wooden monasteries remain, do this at Salay is a treasure. Few others were here so it was a relaxing visit. It is built on 154 teak posts and the walls are beautifully carved.
Written 31 January 2015
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Andy F
Devizes, UK1,291 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Located in the small town of Salay on the Irrawaddy River, this place is a monastery built with teak wood, now well blackened with age. It is full of, and decorated on the outside by, a large range of wooden sculptures. These are a joy in their own right. You can walk underneath (it's built on stilts), around and inside. There are two large stone staircases on either side of the building.
Written 1 December 2018
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