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. […]

Address Bagan Nan-hpaya Temple, Myanmar Myin Ka Bar, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Brahma Introduction                 Nan-hpaya Temple (also spelled Nanpaya) (11th century) is likely one of the first free-standing ‘cave’ type temples at Bagan. Built during the reign of King Anawrahta (r. 1044-1077), the founder of the Bagan Empire, it is startlingly sophisticated for such an early […]

Address Bagan Nanda-ma-nya-hpaya, Myanmar Nyaung-U, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)          Moolavar Buddha Introduction                  Nanda-ma-nya-hpaya Temple (mid 13th century) stands about 1 kilometer north or Minnathu village, to the right of the road leading from the village to the modern Aureum Palace hotel. Though it is a small temple, measuring about 9 x 9.5 meters, its interior contains […]

Address Bagan Naga-yon-hpaya Temple,  Myanmar Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                         The Naga-yon temple probably dates to the 11th-12th centuries, or more narrowly to the late 11th century. It is largely similar in plan to the nearby Abe-ya-dana-hpaya, though it was built slightly later and is about 50% larger. Strachan notes that in contrast […]