San Dha Mukhi Statue

Mandalay


This small statue depicts the ogress San Dha Mukhi offering up a severed breast to the Buddha. According to legend, her feat of self-mutilation impressed the Buddha so much that he ensured her reincarnation 2400 years later as King Mindon.


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