Pau Cin Hau

Who was Pau Cin Hau?

Pau Cin Hau is the founder, and the name of a religion followed by some Tedim and Hakha Chin in the north-western part of Burma.

Pau Cin Hau was born at Lailui Khua, in the Tedim Khuapi Uksung in 1859; and lived until 1948. He started a religious movement based on the worship of a god known as Pasian.

He also invented a script, now called Pau Cin Hau. Today, apart from the Pau Cin Hau system, there is also a written language using the Roman alphabet.