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info Shin Mahtee Temple is a square-based monument. There is a small entrance hall in front of the inner hall.
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info Shin Izza Gawna Temple (အဇ္ဇဂေါဏ ဘုရား) is a two-storey monument. Shin Izza Gawna was the name of a powerful monk during the Bagan period who brought wealth to everyone in Bagan. There are stone inscriptions about describing the donor and the donation of the land and temple.
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info It is a small pagoda without terraces, situated in Nyaung Oo and built in 11th century. This cave is used to meditate by Shin Arahan (Holy Monk). It was discovered by Professor Schobell.
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info Shin Arahan Okkyaung Monastery (ရှင်အရဟံအုတ်ကျောင်း) was built at a place called “Hnget Pyit Taung” where the monk could reside in peace and harmony.
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info The Pawdawmu Pagoda provides an interesting example of an encased pagoda-peculiar in shape, because it belongs to an earlier period and well preserved.
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info Seddana Pagoda is a pagoda on the medieval Sinhalese design, has a bell-shaped dome on a circular base. This large, bell-shaped pagoda is set on four square terraces, each fronted by a standing Buddha image in brick-and-stucco.
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info Nwar Pya Gu Temple is a two-storey building. The lower level has two halls, the outer one is seen as soon as entered into the building, the inner hall consists of four sitting Buddha Images facing North, East, South and West. Most of the stuccos are still in a good condition.
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info Sapada Pagoda stands in a triangle plot at the junction of the roads leading to Nyaung Oo. Sapada Pagoda is locally known as “Paya Ni”. The two pagodas were modelled on the design of Stupa Rama Pagoda in Anuraddha Pura in Sri Lanka.
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info Ngathayork village (ငါ့သရောက်) is 16 miles (26km) southeast of Nyaung Oo. The home cottage industries such as wooden sandal, earthern-ware pottery, soya bean paste production can be seen.
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info Pyathadar Temple (ပြသာဒ်ကြီးဘုရား) is a double-cave type monument.
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info The cylindrical body of the Ngakywenadaung Pagoda (ငကျွဲနားတောင်း) stupa is placed on a high circular basement, bulges near the top and assumes a bulbous shape. The present height is 43ft (13m). Though it cannot be precisely dated the stupa seems to belong to early 12th Century AD.
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info This Pitakataik (ပိဋိကတ်တိုက်) or Library is supposed to be the library which King Anawrahta (1044 -1077) built to house the thirty sets of the Tipitaka which he brought back from Thaton on the 32 white elephants of Manuha, the deposed king.
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info Nathlaung Kyaung (နတ်လှောင်ကျောင်း) means ‘Shrine Confining Nats or Spirits’, a reference to a purported time when King Anawrahta tried to banish Nat worship in Bagan.
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info Phayathonzu (ဘုရားသုံးဆူ) means “three pagodas” which is a complex of three interconnected shrines.
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info Nanpaya Temple (နန်းဘုရား) was built in the 12th Century. This attractive pagoda is a combination of sandstone and brick, particularly noteworthy is the elegant perforated stone windows.
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info This pagoda is the same decoration with unglazed terracotta plaques, the early 11th century AD style. Nearly 195 plaques can be observed.
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info Nandamannya Pagoda was built in the mid-13th Century. It is a single-chambered temple, has very fine frescoes and a ruined, seated Buddha image.
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info This pagoda was built as a buddha Zataka unglazed terracotta plaques museum. Scholars suppose that it was built probably in AD 1060.
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info This Myinkaba Pagoda (မြင်းကပါစေတီ) stands close to the western side of the Mya Zedi Pagoda near Myinkaba village. It is early prototype of Bagan era. It was built in AD 1113 by Prince Raja Kumara.
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info This small pagoda is essentially a Sinhalese type with a large bell-shaped dome surmounted by a square-based relic chamber which, in its turn, is crowned by a conical stupa.
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info Mee Nyein Gone Temple (မီးငြိမ်းကုန်းဘုရား) is located south of Bagan.