Kandawmin Garden Mausolea

Kandawmin Garden Mausolea
Kandawmin Garden Mausolea
LocationDagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinates16°47′34″N 96°09′04″E / 16.7927°N 96.1511°E / 16.7927; 96.1511

The Kandawmin Garden Mausolea comprise a mausoleum complex in Yangon, Myanmar. The site contains four mausolea of Burmese national figures and is located near the southern gate of Shwedagon Pagoda. The successive Burmese military governments feared that the mausolea might become a meeting place for democracy activists and allowed them to fall into a state of neglect. The former military regime omitted them from the Yangon City Heritage List because they are symbols of national liberty and considered a threat to its status and power.

The site contains mausolea of Supayalat, queen consort of the last king of Myanmar; the nationalist and writer Thakin Kodaw Hmaing; former UN Secretary-General U Thant; and Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother, Khin Kyi.

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