[2][3] Mya Nan Nwe was born on 22 December 1897 in Mogok, British Burma.

[4] She contributed to religious works, including the rebuilding of the Botahtaung Pagoda after its destruction during World War II.

[1] Mya Nan Nwe died in Mogok in February 1956, due to complications related to long-term asthma.

In 1990, her shrine was erected inside the Botahtaung Pagoda, and from that point on she was worshipped as Mya Nan Nwe Dewi (Goddess), a nat with the power to grant the wishes of those who appealed to her for help.

The dictator was notably highly superstitious and saw this as a bad omen, hence ordering her statue in the shrine to be handcuffed at night.