Address Pyay Yahandur – Gu Temple, Myanmar Pyay, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Yahandar-gu is a small Buddhist temple often compared to an ascetic’s cave, as it sits low to the ground and includes four dark, narrow entrances (now cordoned off with iron gates). Sometimes spelled as Rahanta, the temple was likely built in […]

Address Phowintaung Cave Complex, Myanmar (Burma) Damapala, Monywa District, Sagaing Region Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                     Phowintaung Cave complex, also spelt as Hpowindaung, Powintaung, Po Win Taung) is a Buddhist cave complex located approximately 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Monywa and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) southeast of Yinmabin, in Yinmabin Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Northern Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the western bank of the Chindwin […]

Address Gubyaukgyi Temple (Myinkaba), Myanmar (Burma) Myin Ka Bar, Myinkaba Village, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 The Gubyaukgyi (alt. Kubyauk-gyi) temple, located just south of Bagan, Myanmar, in Myinkaba Village, is a Buddhist temple built in 1113 AD by Prince Yazakumar, shortly after the death of his father, King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty. The temple is notable for two reasons. First, it contains […]

Address Bagan Gu-yo-gyo-hpaya Temple, Myanmar Bagan,  Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Gu-yo-gyo-hpaya is a small Buddhist temple, 13th century temple located directly to the northeast of That-byin-nyu. The shrine is laid out in the form of a Greek cross with two renovated Buddha images—one large and one small—seated back-to-back against a common backrest. The central shrine […]

Address Bagan Apalyadana Temple, Myanmar Myin Ka Bar, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Abe-ya-dana-hpaya is located immediately to the south of Myinkaba village, sitting on the north side of a group of temples that includes the Naga-yon-hpaya and the Som-min-gyi-hpaya stupa. Puranic Significance  The temple likely dates to the late 11th or early 12th centuries, […]

Address Pyay Payama Stupa,  Myanmar Pyay, Pyay-Paukkhaung road Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha                                  Introduction                 The Payama Stupa stands northeast of the old city wall near Koneyoe village, immediately north of the Pyay-Paukkhaung road. According to oral sources and pseudo-historical records such as the Yazawin Kyaw (early 16th century) it was built by the legendary King Duttabaung in […]

Address Pyay Payahtaung Temple, Myanmar Pyay, Tharay-Khit-taya, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                            Payahtaung Temple (also spelled Hpaya Htaung) is a small square Buddha shrine located slightly east of the palace (or citadel) site at the center of Sri Ksetra. Measuring about 12.2 meters on a side, it is a well-preserved brick edifice with niches on […]

Address Pyay Payagyi Stupa, Myanmar Pyay-Aunglan Road, Pyay,  Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                 Payagyi stupa looms dramatically about four kilometers east of downtown Pyay. Although often described as a 5th century creation, its true age is not known, with Stadtner commenting that along with the Payama stupa. Both monuments stand outside the circular walls of […]

Address Pyay Mathigya Stupa, Myanmar Pyay, Tharay-Khit-taya, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                            The Mathigya Stupa is located on the south side of Sri Ksetra on Narrow Island in between the two concentric channels of the city’s moats. It comprises a three-meter high square terrace measuring about 15 to 16 meters on a side, flanked […]

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 […]