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Dhammayangyi
Location: SE of Bagan Inscription inside entrance hall An inscription inside the entrance hall dates to 1165. It lists bonded servants, including female singers and
![Minochantha, Bagan, Myanmar - 3 Sisters](https://buddhist-arts.com/wp-content/uploads/min-o-chantha_bagan_myanmar_cmarland-2-500x375.jpg)
Min-o-chantha Group
The Minochantha group consists of 3 stupas. They are non-pentagonal representations of the hpaya-nga-zu theme. The other non-pentagonal temple with this theme is the Penathagu
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Nat Taung Kyaung – Teak Monastery
We visited this monastery on our second day in Bagan in 2009. This was the only monastery we visited while in Bagan. According to Sylvia
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Shwezigon
Shwezigon Location: Nyaung U – western sector close to river bank. Year Built: Another early temple, it was started in the reign of Anawratha before
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Manuha
Location: Myinkaba Village, southern edge. Close to Nanpaya. Year Built: Manuha was built by the “captive” Mon king Manuha. In Mandalay there is a stone
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Nanpaya or Nan-hpaya
Location: Myinkaba Village, south-west sector. Situated south-west of Manuha Hpaya. Year Built: Built in the 11th century. Architectural details: Beautiful stone carvings fill this temple.
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Pahto-thamya
Location: Inside the Bagan city-wall, west of That-byin-nyu. Very close to Nga-kywe-na-daung (Ngakwenadaung). Year Built: This is another temple among the earliest in Bagan, located
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Ngakywenadaung Pagoda
Location: Inside the Bagan city-wall, west of That-byin-nyu. It is beside the dirt road bringing the Nat-hlaung-kyaung (Hindu) temple and the Pahto-thamya temple together. Year
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East and West Hpet-Leik
Location: Close to Thiripyitsaya village and Shwesandaw Zedi. Year Built: Probably in the early 11th century. Strachan writes that these buildings pre-date Anawrhata. This is
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Shwesandaw
Location: This temple is situated a little distance from the south of the city wall. Close to: Hpet-Leik with reclining Buddha and Jataka tablets Year
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Sulamani Temple
Location: 1 miles to the SE of Bagan, beyond the Dhammayangyi Patho. Close to: Dhammayangyi Year Built: 1183 AD Builder: Sitthu II (1174-1211), a major
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Pya-Tha-Da, the Unfinished Temple
This temple was damaged in the 1975 earthquake that hit Bagan. The main Buddha image is new since then. Pictures included in Pierre Pichard’s Vol.
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Bagan – Temples, Stupas and Monasteries
Buddhism was being practiced in Burma (Myanmar) early in the first millenium, strongly influenced by Sri Lanka Theravadin Buddhism. However the first architectural representation of
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Ananda Temple, Bagan, Myanmar
Ananda Temple Ananda temple is the grandest of all the temples in Bagan. It dates from about 1105, attributed to King Kyanzittha. Architectural prototypes of
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Mi-Nyein-Gone, Bagan
Mee Nyein Gone was built in the 13th century, during the late period of Bagan. According to Paul Strachan (see reference list below), the architecture