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. […]

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 […]