Mimalaungkyaung Temple (မီးမလောင်ကျောင်း) The temple, known as “The Temple Which Fire Cannot Burn”, is believed to have been built in the reign of Narapatisithu
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Twenty-eight Buddha statues at Bagan Archaeological Museum
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Pradakṣiṇā: Universal Truth of Buddhist Conception
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Glazed Plaques of Four Lokapālas and 28 Senior Generals of Yakkhas at Ananda Temple
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Before you read this part 2 (Fig. 41- 80), you should read firstly previous post part 1 (Fig. 1- 40). Plan of Ananda Temple
80 Scenes of the Life of Buddha
Plan of Ananda Temple An overview of the plan of Ananda Temple, which contains eighty Buddha statues, shows their location with yellow stars. A
Manuha Temple (Outer View) (360º View)
Manuha မနူဟာဘုရား (Outer View) (360º View) Photo by Poe Thar
Mahabodhi (360º View)
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Mural Paintings in Bagan (1000-1300 A D)
Paper read at the 3rd Research Conference of Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science, held at the Yangon University on 23 Oct. 2003. Journal
Sinhalese Type Pagodas
Sinhalese Type Stūpas The most representative collection of the stūpa decorations of Bagan can be traced in the typical design of the Sinhalese form
Stucco Carving
Stucco Carving The most remarkable architectural design of the exterior decoration of religious monuments in Bagan era is stucco carving. At the exterior of
Lemyetnha Temple (360º View)
Photo by Pho Thar
Lawkananda (360º View)
Photo by Htun Min Han
Kyaukgyu Umin (360º View)
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Htilominlo (360º View)
Photo by Mg Hla
Hgnet Pyit Taung (360º View)
Photo by Min Lwin
Gawdawpalin (360º View)
Photo by Kyaw Soe Htun
Dhammayazika (360º View)
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Dhammayangyi (360º View)
Photo by Atom Chan
Bupaya (360º View)
Photo by Khin Kyaw Nyo
Archaeological Museum (360º View)
Photo by Htun Min Han Archaeological Museum (Outer View) (360º View) Photo by Htun Min Han Archaeological Museum (Inner View) (360º View) Photo by
Ananda (360º View)
Photo by Htet Wai Yan Aung
Alodawpyi (360º View)
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Seinnyet Ama Temple
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple Location North of Bagan Myothit Region Thiripyitsaya & Bagan Myothit Built by Queen Seinnyet
Panoramic View of Bagan
ပုဂံမြင်ကွင်းကျယ် Panorama of Bagan as seen from the Minyeingon Temple: The Thatbyinnyu on the left and the Dhammayangyi in the distance on the right
Tayoke Pyae Paya (539/ 295 A)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Temple Location Region Minnanthu Built by King Narathihapate Date 12th Century Monument Number 539/
Symbolism of Stūpas in Bagan (1000-1300 AD)
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Architectural Decoration of Stūpas in Bagan (1000-1300 AD)
by Dr Zin Tun Tint Paper read at the 8th Research Conference of Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science held in Yangon University on
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by Dr Zin Tun Tint Paper read at the 12th Research Conference of Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science held in University of Yangon,
Welcome to Bagan Ancient City
UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on 6 July 2019. The 21-member World Heritage Committee announced the decision
YatSaut Temple
Type of monument Type III Temple (Indian Style Zedi) Location Southeast of Kyaukgu Umin Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by Thuwunna Pisi &
Winido Temple (652/ 336), (653/ 337 A), (658/339)
Type of monument Type III Temple (Zedi Pauk Gu) Location North of Minnanthu Village Region Minnanthu Date A D 1243 Monument Number 652/ 336,
Upali Thein (Ordination Hall) (2121/ 1416)(ဥပါလိသိမ်)
See Reference Books Type of monument Ordination Hall Location Across Htilominlo Temple Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by Monk Upali Date Mid 13th
Thetkyamuni Temple (147/ 118)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location East of Chaukphala Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by Narapatesithu
Tharabar Gate (သရပါတံခါး)
See Reference Books Type of monument Ancient Wall of Bagan City Location Northeast of Pitaka Taik Region Old Bagan Built by King Pyinbya Date
Thandawgya Buddha Image (1592)(သံတော်ကြား ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple (Gu Paya) Location North of Thabyinnyu Region Old Bagan Built by King Narathihapate Date A
Thameewhet Umin & Hmyatha Umin (သမီးဝှက်ဥမင်၊ မြားသ ဥမင်)
See Reference Books Type of monument Cave Temple Location Southeast of Nyaung U Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by Unknown Date 13th Century
Thambula Temple (482/ 281)(သမ္ဗူလ ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple (Zedi Pauk Gu) Location North of Minnanthu Region Minnanthu Built by Thambula Date A D
Tantkyitaung Zedi
See Reference Books Type of monument : Location : Region : Built by : King Anawrahta Date : 12th Century Monument Number : Tantkyitaung
Sulamani Temple (748/ 364 A)(စူဠာမဏိ ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location About a mile east of Bagan Region Minnanthu Built by Narapatisithu
Soemingyi Pagoda (စိုးမင်းကြီးဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Pagoda Location Southwest of Nagayon Temple Region Myinkaba Built by Senior Queen or Lady Soemingyi Date 12th Century
Soemingyi Monastery (စိုးမင်းကြီးကျောင်း)
Soemingyi Pagoda and Monastery See Reference Books Type of monument Type III monastery Location South of Abeyadana Temple Region Myinkaba Built by Senior Queen
Sittanagyi Pagoda (987/ 413)
See Reference Books Type of monument Sinhalese Type Pagoda Location South of Lokananda Region Thiripyitsaya Built by Date Monument Number 987/ 413 Sittanagyi Pagoda
Shwezigon Pagoda (1)
See Reference Books Type of monument Bulbous Type Pagoda Location Northwest of Kyanzittha Umin near the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River Region Nyaung U
Shwesandaw Pagoda (1568/ 849)(ရွှေဆံတော် ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Pagoda (Zedi) Location Northeast of Old Bagan Region Old Bagan Built by King Anawrahta Date A.D
Shwegugyi Temple (1,589/ 901 A)(ရွှေဂူကြီးဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple Location In front of the Bagan Palace Region Old Bagan Built by King Alaungsithu Date
Shin Izza Gawna Temple
Type of monument Type III Temple (Zedi Pauk Gu) Location East of Winido Region Minnanthu Built by Minister Maha Thaman Date A.D 1237 Monument
Shinbinthalyaung (1,570)(ရှင်ပင်သာလျောင်း ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Single storey Cave Style Location West of Shwesandaw Region Old Bagan Built by Unknown Date 11th Century Monument
Seinnyet Nyima Pagoda (1086)
See Reference Books Type of monument Sinhalese Type Pagoda Location North of Bagan Myothit Region Thiripyitsaya & Bagan Myothit Built by Queen Seinnyet’s younger
Sapada Pagoda (187) (ဆပဒဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type IV Temple (Sinhalese dagaba) Location Near the entrance to Nyaung U Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built
Pyathadar(Pyathatgyi Temple) (803)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple (Double cave) Location West of Minnanthu Village Region Minnanthu Built by King Kyaswa Date 12th
Pitakataik (1587)(ပိဋကတ်တိုက်)
See Reference Books Type of monument Library / Cave Style Location North of Thabyinnyu Region Old Bagan Built by King Anawrahta Date A D
Petleik East-West (1030/ 420) (1031/ 421)(အရှေ့ဖက်လိပ်၊ အနောက်ဖက်လိပ်)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type IV Temple (Sinhalese) Location North of Lawkanandar Pagoda Region Thiripyitsaya & Bagan Myo Thit Built by King
Pebingyaung Pagoda (1653)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type IV Temple (Sinhalese Style) Location Near Bupaya Region Old Bagan Built by Unknown Date 12th Century Monument
Payathonzu(ဘုရားသုံးဆူ)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location North of Minnanthu village Region Minnanthu Built by Unknown Date 13th
Pawdawmu Pagoda (1193)(ပေါ်တော်မူ ဘုရား)
Type of monument Small Stupa Location Near Soemingyi Temple Region Myinkaba Built by Unknown Date 11th Century Monument Number 1193 Pawdawmu Pagpda (1193) (ပေါ်တော်မူဘုရား)
Pahtothamya Temple (1605/ 913)
Type of monument : Type III Temple (Zedi Pauk Gu) Location : West of Nathlaung Kyaung Region : Old Bagan Built by : King
Ngakywenadaung Pagoda (1603)(ငကျွဲနားဋောင်း ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type I Temple (Zedi) Location West of Thabyinnyu Region Old Bagan Built by King Taungthugyi Date 10th Century Monument Numbe 1603
Nathlaungkyaung (1600/ 908)(နတ်လှောင်ကျောင်း)
Type of monument Type I Temple (Gu Paya) Location West of Thabyinnyu Region Old Bagan Built by King Taungthugyi Date A D 931 Monument
Nanpaya Temple (1239/ 574)(နန်း ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type III Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location Close behind Manuha Temple Region Myinkaba Built by King Manuha’s grand-nephew, Prince Naga Thaman
Nandamannya Temple (577/ 306 A)(နန္ဒမညာ ဘုရား)
Type of monument Single chambered Temple Location Minnanthu Region Minnanthu Built by Unknown Date Mid 13th Century Monument Number (577/ 306 A) Nandamannya Temple
Nagayon Temple (1192/ 530)(နဂါးရုံ ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type III Temple Location South of Nanpaya Region Myinkaba Built by King Kyanzittha Date 12th Century Monument Number 1192/ 530 Nagayon
Myinkaba Pagoda (1328)
Type of monument Prototype of Pagoda in Bagan Location Near Myinkaba stream Region Myinkaba Built by King Anawrahta Date 11th Century Monument Number 1328
Mingalarzedi (1439/ 752)(မင်္ဂလာစေတီ)
Type of monument Type II Temple Location North of Manuha Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by King Narathihapati Date A D 1277 Monument
Manuha Temple (1240/ 575)(မနူဟာ ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type III Temple Location Northeast of Nanpaya Region Myinkaba Built by King Manuha Date 12th Century Monument Number A D 1059
Mahabodhi Temple (1670/ 973)(မဟာဗောဓိ ဘုရား)
Type of monument Temple of Central Indian Type Location North of Shwegugyi Region Old Bagan Built by King Nantaungmya Date 12th Century Monument Number
Lemyethna Temple (447/ 271 A)(လေးမျက်နှာ ဘုရား)
Lemyetnha Temple (447/ 271 A)(လေးမျက်နှာဘုရား) The Lemyethna temple, the “Temple of the Four Faces”, is a beautiful example of a single-storeyed temple built in
Lawkananda Pagoda (1023/ 418 A) (လောကနန္ဒာ ဘုရား)
Lawkananda Pagoda (1,023/ 418 A) (လောကနန္ဒာ ဘုရား) King Dhatusena of Sri Lanka (Thein go Pyi) presented to King Anawrahta a replica of the sacred
Lawkahteikpan Temple
Lawkahteikpan Temple Lawkahteikpan is a small temple close to the large pagoda Shwesandaw and built by King Alaungsithu, the successor of Kyanzittha. Lawkahteikpan means
Kyaukgu Umin(154/ 123) (ကျောက်ဂူဥမင်)
The Kyaukgu Umin, whose name means “Rock Cave Tunnel”, is interesting because of the use it makes of a natural topographical feature. Much of
Kyansittha-Umin (ကျန်စစ်သားဥမင်)
Kyansittha U Min (ကျန်စစ်သားဥမင်) Kyansittha U Min of the three Kyansittha U Mins located around Shwezigon Pagoda, the one mentioned here is on the
Kondawgyi Temple (151/ 122 A)(ကုန်းတော်ကြီးဘုရား)
Type of monument Type II Temple Location South of Thetkyamuni Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by Unknown Date 13th Century Monument Number 151/
Htilominlo Temple (1,812/ 1,110)(ထီးလို မင်းလိုဘုရား)
Type of monument Type II Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location South of Bagan Nyaung-U Main Road Region Old Bagan Built by King Nadaungmya @
Hnetpyittaung (180)
Type of monument Type II Temple Location North of Meemalaung Kyaung Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by King Anawrahta Date 11th Century Monument
Gubyaukgyi-Wetkyi-in (298/ 197 A)(ဂူပြောက်ကြီး-ဝက်ကြီးအင်း)
Type of monument Type III Temple (Mixture of Indian style Gu) Location Southeast of Wetkyi-In Village Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by King
GubyaukGyi Temple Myinkaba (1323/ 647)
Type of monument Type III Temple Location North of Myinkaba Paya Region Myinkaba Built by Prince Rajakumar Date A D 1113 Monument Number 1323/
Gawdawpalin Temple (1622/ 930 A)(ဂေါတော့ပလ္လင်)၊ (ကန်တော့ပလ္လင်)
Type of monument Type III Temple Location North of Meemalaung Kyaung Region Old Bagan Built by King Narapatisithu Date 11th Century Monument Number 1622/
Dhammayazika Pagoda (947/ 412 A)(ဓမ္မရာဇိက ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type II Temple (Zedi) Location West Pwasaw Region West Pwasaw Built by King Narapatisithu Date A D 1196 Monument Number 947/
Dhammayangyi Temple (771/ 365)(ဓမ္မရံကြီး ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type III Temple Location East of Shinbinthalaung and Shwesandaw Region Old Bagan Built by King Narathu @ Kalagya Min Date A
Bupaya Pagoda (1657/ 961) (ဗူး ဘုရား)
Type of monument Type I Temple (Bulbous dome) Location On the eastern bank of Ayeyarwaddy River Region Old Bagan Built by King Pyusawhti Date
Bochomi-gubyauk Temple (995)
Type of monument Type III Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) Location South of Thiripyitsaya Village Region Thiripyitsaya Built by Unknown Date 13th Century Monument Number
Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum This museum is situated on the south of Gawdaw Palin Pagoda. It was first opened on the first October 1979. Except On
Bagan Map
Bagan Clickable Map
Bagan Dynasty
There is a distinctive feature of child naming system in Bagan Dynasty. It is the first name of the son taking from the last
Thatbyinnyu Temple (1597/ 906 A)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type II Temple Location East of Gadawpalin Temple Region Nyaung U & Wetkyi-In Built by King Alaungsithu Date
Alodawpyi Temple (374/228) (အလိုတော်ပြည့် ဂူဘုရား)
Alodaw Pyi Paya is a principal temple in a cluster of pagodas on the northern side of Anawrahta Road. It stands on the south
Mount Popa
See Reference Books Mount Popa The legend of Mount Popa related to the myth of Mahagari Nat Spirits. (Maha means great and Giri means
Tuyin Taung Zedi (2217)
See Reference Books Tuyin Taung Pagoda (2,217) Tuyin Taung Zedi is one of the four zedis in which King Anawrahta enshrined the four replicas
Ananda Temple (2171)
ANANDA TEMPLE It is said that every Myanmar should visit Bagan and without visiting Ananda you cannot be said to have visited Bagan. Ananda
Abeyadana Temple (1,202/540)(အပယ်ရတနာ ဘုရား)
See Reference Books Type of monument Type III Temple Location North of Minnanthu village Region Myinkaba Built by King Kyanzittha Date A D 1102
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