Address Bagan Inn-hpaya Stupa, Myanmar Near Dhammayangyi, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                              The Inn-hpaya is a 12th century large brick-masonry stupa located to the north of Dhamma-yan-gyi. It has four large inaccessible octagonal terraces and a conical dome and conical spire. There remain some traces of stucco. The carved brick on the terraces […]

Address Bagan Gawdawpalin Temple, Myanmar Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                               The Gawdawpalin Pahto is a Large Buddhist temple dating to the 12th century, with a towering pagoda & 4 golden Buddha statues,  was begun during the reign of Sithu II (or Narapatisithu, 1174-1211) and completed during the reign of his successor, Nadaungmya […]

Address Bagan East and West Hpet-leik, Myanmar New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                          The East and West Hpetleik temples predate the reign of King Anawrahta (r. 1044-77) and the ‘canonical’ Bagan architecture that derived from his reign. They are a pair their barrel-shaped stupas and wide, flat roofed bases are distinctly different from […]

Address Bagan Ananda Pahto Temple, Myanmar Anawrahta Rd, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 The Ananda Pahto, or Phaya, was the first of Bagan’s great temples, and remains one of the finest, and most beautiful, of all of Bagan’s architectural complexes. It is a symmetrical masterpiece of Mon architectural style and, with some North Indian […]