The Mingun Bell is wellknown not only in Myanmar but also around the world. King Badon or more wellknown as King Bodawpaya dedicated a big bronze bell near the Mingun Cedi at Mingun on the west bank of the Ayeyawaddy River, facing Mandalay.

The Bell was made of bronze; but it is said that Buddhist devotees inserted gold, silver ornaments and jewellery into the bronze. The Bell measures eleven cubits and four thits (fingers) in diameter at its mouth; 33 cubits, one mit (6 inches) and four thits in circumference and 13 cubits, one mit and four this in height. It weights 55,555 viss.

The casting of the gigtantic Bell began in M.E 1170 (A.D. 1808) on an island called Alei Kyun opposite of Mingun and was completed in the month of Nayon (June) M.E 1173 (A.D 1811).