Address Bagan Po-daw-mu-hpaya Stupa, Myanmar Bagan – Chauk Rd, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction               The Po-daw-mu-hpaya (11th century) is a small stupa located directly southwest of Naga-yon Hpaya. It consists of three major elements: an octagonal base, a barrel-shaped body, and a pyramidal four-sided spire. It is one of about 50 “encased” stupas found throughout […]

Address Bagan Paya-thon-zu Temple, Myanmar Paya Thone Zu, Nyaungu, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                              Paya-thonzu Temple (2nd half of 13th century) The Paya-thon-zu, whose name means “Temple of the Three Buddhas”, is the only triple-monument at Bagan with interconnected shrine corridors. Built in the second half of the 13th century, it stands 500 meters north of […]

Address Bagan Pahto Hamya Temple, Myanmar Pahto-thamya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Pahto Hamya Temple (built late 11th, early 12th century) The Pahto Thamya is a large two story temple located just inside the old city wall near the modernistic Bagan Archaeological Museum. It is near the presumed site of the old palace and immediately […]

Address Bagan Nga-myet-hna Temple, Myanmar Nyaung-U, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                              Nga-myet-hna Temple (13th century) is one of only seventeen known Bagan-era monuments with a pentagonal plan. The informal name of the temple, Nga-myet-hna, is simply the Burmese phrase for “five sided”, and thus may be applied to any of the pentagonal monuments. The […]

Address Bagan Nga-kywe-na-daung Stupa, Myanmar Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                                  Nga-kywe-na-daung (built c. 9th century) is a medium size early Pyu type brick masonry stupa. Its date of construction remains uncertain. Paul Strachan suggests that it most likely is from the 9th century because of the somewhat crude molding of its brick; […]

Address Bagan Nathlaung Kyaung Temple, Myanmar Nat Hlaung Kyaung, Anawrahta Rd, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Vishnu Introduction                             Nathlaung Kyaung (or Nat-hlaung-kyaung) (built c. 931), located slightly to the west of Thatbyinnyu and inside the old city walls, is the only remaining Vaishnavite temple in Bagan. Puranic Significance  It was possibly built by legendary King Taungthugyi (r. […]