Shin Upagutta

[1] He is commonly depicted sitting cross-legged, dressed in monk's robes and with a hand tilted into an alms bowl called a thabeik, and is associated with nāga, water serpents.

[citation needed] In Gautama Buddha's time, he was a non-believer called Sula Thakuladayi (စူဠသကုလဒါယီ, Pali: Cūla Sakuladāyi).

[citation needed] Years later, Upagutta and his mother went back to her father who was king of Yazaka (ရာဇဂြိုဟ်, Pali: Rājagaha).

[4] Some Burmese believe that Shin Upagutta is still living, in a floating brass palace in the southern ocean, and that he can be invoked through a special Pali incantation, and that his mere invisible presence will prevent storms and floods.

A major festival dedicated to Shin Upagutta is in Shwegyin, near Bago, during the Burmese month of Thadingyut.