 The religious relics of the kingdom, including the Mahamuni Buddha image, were confiscated and installed in the Mahamuni temple or Pagoda at Amarapura, on the outskirts of the old capital of Mandalay.As the Mahamuni image was too large to transport as a whole, it was cut into sections and later reassembled and housed in the new temple.Mandalay became the capital under King Mindon (r. 1853–1878).