Address Bagan Monument 1152, Myanmar Taung Ywar Naung, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction Monument 1152 (c. 13th century) is a tiny single-story shrine located about 400 meters southwest of the So-min-gyi-hpaya. It stands amidst a cluster of small monuments that includes the Kyauk-mye-mo-zedi-gyi, a riverside encased stupa. To reach it, one must walk about 400 meters west […]

Address Bagan Monument 1148-49, Myanmar Bagan – Chauk Rd, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Moolavar Buddha Introduction                            Monuments 1148 and 49 (13th century) this pair of small temples stands in the southeast corner of the outer enclosure of the So-min-gyi-ok-kyaung Monastery. Both are laid out as single-story structures housing a small shrine room topped with sikhara towers. Of […]

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 […]