Statue of
U Byatta (fig.),
who in life was Byatta,
the royal messenger and trusted lieutenant of
King
Anawrahta, who was
condemned
and killed on the orders of the King under some trumped-up charges put
forward by his rivals who feared his power. He is
portrayed wearing a red
Myanmar turban or
gaung-baung
(fig.)
and
holding some flowers, conceivably
for
his spouse, i.e.
the
flower-eating ogress
Me Wanna (Me Wunna -
fig.),
who later became the
nat
Popa Medaw
(fig.).
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