[note 1][2] In 1862, she was sent to Mandalay, by the mayor of Yindaw, to serve as a royal anyeint preliminary dancer.

[8] In 1868 at the request of the Pegu commissioner, the Indrāvudha court drama team led by Yindaw Ma Lay was sent on a mission to perform the royal court drama for the 4th Viceroy of India and Governor-General Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, while he was staying in Rangoon.

After the abdication of King Thibaw in 1885 and since there were no major sponsors, the Indrāvudha court drama troupe was almost disbanded.

Eight years after the abdication of King Thibaw, Yindaw Ma Lay went blind one eye.

[9] Whenever she sung about the fall of her time of glory to lower status, all the audience felt sad for her.