Address Bagan Monument 0566 – Stupa, Myanmar Wet Gyi Inn, Bagan, Minnanthu village, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                Monument 566 (13th century) is located in a lightly wooded area directly south of Minnanthu village. It is one of a cluster of a half-dozen temples including Zanthi West (Mon #577) and Zanthi East (#568). Puranic Significance                    This monument […]

Address Bagan Monument 0397 – Stupa, Myanmar Taung Bi, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                          Monument 0397 (13th century) this finely proportioned stupa, known only by its catalog name, Monument 0397, is located immediately to the east of the Bulethi Pagoda (Monument 0394). Though superficially similar in scale and profile to Bulethi, the monuments […]

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 […]

Address Bagan Loka-hteik-pan Temple, Myanmar Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                               Loka-hteik-pan (c. 12th century) is a small Buddhist temple located about 170 meters NNW of the massive Shwe-hsan-daw temple.  The renown of the mural paintings is such that the Archaeological Department posts a permanent guard whose sole function is to monitor visitors’ […]

Address Bagan Kyauk-mye-mo-zedi-gyi Stupa, Myanmar Nyaung-U, Bagan,  Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Kyauk-mye-mo-zedi-gyi is one of about 50 instances of “encased” stupas in Bagan, in which an older stupa is encased in a newer (though still ancient) stupa built around it. It is located near the east bank of the Irrawaddy river amidst a small […]

Address Bagan Kathapa-hpaya, Myanmar Nyaung-U, Bagan,  Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                                     Kathapa-Hpaya, formally known as Monument No. 505, stands a half kilometer northeast of Minnanthu village in an uncultivated field dotted with dozens of ruins. It is a typical middle-sized, late period temple measuring about 16 meters east-west and 12.5 meters north south. […]