Many years ago, Kittah priests who were adoring the god Song-Hyo and the blue-eyed goddess Tsun Kyan-Kse were living in Tibet. They built the temple Lao-Tsun where they put a dazzling solid gold statue of the goddess. There were hundreds of white cats living with the priests in temples in a harmony. The cats played an important role in the religion. Priests believed that their souls are so pure that they cannot leave this world and that's why after the death of a priest, the goddess puts his soul in a sacred white cat. The elderly head priest Mun-Ha was wholly dedicated to Tsun Kyan-Kse. Each time he faced the gold statue of goddess, a yellow-eyed cat named Sinh was always with him. One night, a group of Phoums from Siam attacked the temple overwhelming the Kittahs and killing the priest Mun-Ha. While dying, he was praying and gazing at the gold statue with blue eyes. And that moment the miracle happened.

The colour of Sinh's eyes changed from yellow into blue and the cat's coat became creamy and golden tinted. His white fur changed into a dark colour at the extremities of his body and a dark mask appeared on his face. His ears, nose, tail and legs became dark as the colour of the earth. The paws with which the cat was touching his owner's head turned white, as the sign of the priest's purity. He then looked at the south door and the priests, acting upon his direct look, rushed to close the heavy bronze doors. Sinh was sitting near his master for seven days and nights, without any food or water, all the time gazing at the statue of Tsun Kyan-Kse. Legend says that each cat changed in the same way as Sinh did. That is how the Sacred Cat of Burma (Sacred Birman Cat) appeared. It is believed that after the death of a cat, its soul is escorted by a priest.