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The Bargaya Monastery (ဘားဂရာ ဘုန္းၾကီးေက်ာင္း), located in Inwa, Mandalay Region, Burma(Myanmar) is a Buddhist Monastery built on the southwest of Inwa Palace in 1593. During Hsin Phyu Shin's reign (1763-1776, Atwinwun Mahathirijeyathankhya, town officer of Magwe built the monastery in the Bagaya monastic establishment and dedicated to Shin Dhammabhinanda. It is one of the famous tourists attractions in Burma.

Etymology
The name Bargaya is a Mon word meaning Khayebin Kyaung.

History
History of this teak wood monastery is built in 1593 which is about 11 miles from the Mandalay City. During King Bagyidaw (1819-1837) the great fire broke out to Kontha quarter, to the south of the palace on 15 April 1821 and Hluttaw. tooth relic tower. watch tower and to northern gate caught fire and seemed that the Bagaya monastery was burnt in the fire.The government tried to reconstruct in 1992 and built the new brick building in the place of the old monastery for the use of Buddha image and Pitaka scriptures. It was recorded that the monastery was constructed based on the model of the old monastery.

Architecture
The monastery, which is built with 267 gigantic teak wood posts, has a structure of great dimension for it’s 188 feet high in length and 103 feet in width. This weatherworn but magnificent monastery stands in the middle of wide paddy fields, with palms, banana trees and thorny green bushes clustered in profusion around its shady base. The monastery is decorated with splendid Myanma architectural works such as carvings, floral arabesques, the ornamentation with curved figurines and the reliefs of birds and animals as well as small pillars decorated on the wall, the artistic works of Inwa Era.Enormous teak of the doors monastery are also beautifully designed with sculptures and reliefs.