Bo Min Gaung

Bo Min Gaung was born Maung Bo Aung on 2 May 1880 (Sunday, 10th waxing of Kason 1242 ME) at 10:00 AM in Sin Myint Village, east of Mount Popa, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region, Konbaung Dynasty, Burma to parents U Maung Pu and Daw Min Thit.

He came back to the village under the name Min Khaung and he didn't answer the relatives' questions fluently.

Such as bringing the chicken back to life, riding a log in the river and climbing upstream, treating a wild tiger as a pet cat and playing with it, driving a broken car from Mount Popa to Kyaukpadaung, walking in the Irrawaddy River, sleeping on a banana leaf on a banana tree, making himself two, quickly knowing the thoughts of others, uprooting a big tree with one hand, not smelling bad even though he didn't shower, being able to live without food for four or five months.

In 1952, he built a pagoda named "Pyi Lone Chan Thar Kat Kyaw" (which means rich whole country and overcome calamities) on the Mount Popa.

Bo Min Gaung died at Mount Popa on 5 September 1952 (Friday, 2nd waning of Tawthalin 1314 ME) at 4:20 PM.

In his previous life, he had been King Okkalapa and U Ba Oo, the owner of the rice mill had been Min Nanda.

People, they also respect to Aba Bo Min Gaung, who gain success in vipassana meditation (Burmese: ဝိပဿနာ).

Aba Bo Min Gaung is also Buddhist which official religion of Myanmar (Burma).