Address Bagan Minochantha Stupa Group, Myanmar Minochantha, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction            Minochantha Stupa Group (built c. 1112) is a small Minochantha (also Minochanta) group features the stupa erected under orders of King Kyansittha, who had fallen seriously around 1112. A Ceylonese king had sent Kyansittha nine relics of the Buddha as a tribute. According […]

Address Bagan Temple – 474 Stupa – Myanmar  Nyaung-U, Bagan,  Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                  Monument 474 (built c. 13th century), this small monument stands just to the northeast of the far larger Le-myet-hna temple complex in southeast Bagan. It is one of a number of small temples dotting the countryside to the north of Minnanthu […]

Address Bagan Mingala zedi Pagoda, Myanmar Myin Ka Bar, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                                      Mingalazedi marks both the highpoint and the end of major temple construction at Bagan. It was completed just ten years before the kingdom’s collapse at the hands of the Mongols in 1287, but judging from its artistry, it is clear […]

Address Bagan Manuha-hpaya Temple, Myanmar Myin Ka Bar, Myinkaba village Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                        Manuha-hpaya is a medium-sized, two storey temple located in Myinkaba village, immediately east of the main north-south road. It is popularly believed to have been built by Manuha (r. 1030s-1057), a Mon prince held captive by King Anawrahta after […]

Address Bagan Mahabodhi Paya, Myanmar Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                             The Mahabohdi is a Buddhist temple, erected during the reign of Nadaungmya (r. 1211-1234), is modeled after the temple of the same name in Bodhgaya, India. The original Mahabodhi had been erected on the place where Siddhartha first attained supreme enlightenment in […]