Bagan Travel Guide & Reviews
(formerly Pagan)
Age: founded in 1044 AD
Area: 118.4 km²
Population: 6.166 million
Location: Latitude 21° 10' N. Longitude 94° 51' E
Temperature: Min 10°C - Max 43°C
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Bu Paya (or) Bu Pagoda
info Bu Paya (ဗူးဘုရား) is said to be known to be constructed by King Pyusawhti during the 9th Century, about 850 AD.
info Bu Paya (ဗူးဘုရား) is said to be known to be constructed by King Pyusawhti during the 9th Century, about 850 AD.
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Tu Yin Taung Pagoda
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Nandamannya Pagoda
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.
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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Bagan
Bagan (ပုဂံ) dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era.
Bagan (ပုဂံ) dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era.
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Pawdawmu Sutaung Pyae Pagoda
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.
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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Ananda Pagoda
info Ananda Pagoda (အာနန္ဒာဘုရား) also known as Ananda Pahto, is estimated to be a monument of the early 12th Century.
info Ananda Pagoda (အာနန္ဒာဘုရား) also known as Ananda Pahto, is estimated to be a monument of the early 12th Century.
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Pebingyaung Pagoda
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.
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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Bagan Murals
There are more than 3000 religious buildings still standing in the Bagan historical zone. After almost 1000 years, these monuments still contain more than 200,000 square feet of religious murals.
There are more than 3000 religious buildings still standing in the Bagan historical zone. After almost 1000 years, these monuments still contain more than 200,000 square feet of religious murals.
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Petleik East Pagoda
info This pagoda was built as a buddha Zataka unglazed terracotta plaques museum. Scholars suppose that it was built probably in AD 1060.
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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Popa
info Inland the country rises in gently undulating slopes. The most noticeable feature is Popa Hill, or the Mt. Popa (ပုပ္ပါးတောင်), an extinct volcano, to the south-east. The highest peak is 1518 metres (4,981 feet) above sea-level. The volcano is known to be extinct since 250,000 years.
info Inland the country rises in gently undulating slopes. The most noticeable feature is Popa Hill, or the Mt. Popa (ပုပ္ပါးတောင်), an extinct volcano, to the south-east. The highest peak is 1518 metres (4,981 feet) above sea-level. The volcano is known to be extinct since 250,000 years.
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Petleik West Pagoda
info This pagoda is the same decoration with unglazed terracotta plaques, the early 11th century AD style. Nearly 195 plaques can be observed.
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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History of Bagan
Bagan dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era.
Bagan dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era.
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Phayathonzu Temple
info Phayathonzu (ဘုရားသုံးဆူ) means “three pagodas” which is a complex of three interconnected shrines.
info Phayathonzu (ဘုရားသုံးဆူ) means “three pagodas” which is a complex of three interconnected shrines.
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Bagan Information
History
Bagan, formerly spelled as Pagan, dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era. It lies on the bend of the Ayeyarwaddy River. Bagan can be marked to have started with King Anawrahta. He ascended the throne of Bagan in 1044. At that time, the kingdom was under the Mahayana religion.
History
Bagan, formerly spelled as Pagan, dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian Era. It lies on the bend of the Ayeyarwaddy River. Bagan can be marked to have started with King Anawrahta. He ascended the throne of Bagan in 1044. At that time, the kingdom was under the Mahayana religion.
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Pitakataik (Library)
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.
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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The magical beads of pyu
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Pyathadar (Pyathatgyi) Temple
info Pyathadar Temple (ပြသာဒ်ကြီးဘုရား) is a double-cave type monument.
info Pyathadar Temple (ပြသာဒ်ကြီးဘုရား) is a double-cave type monument.
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Bagan Archaeological Museum
The Bagan Archaeological Museum (ပုဂံပြတိုက်) is the best museum to visit for every traveler to Bagan.
The Bagan Archaeological Museum (ပုဂံပြတိုက်) is the best museum to visit for every traveler to Bagan.
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Sapada Pagoda
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.
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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Ahlodawpyae Pagoda
info The Ahlodawpyae Pagoda (အလိုတော်ပြည့်ဘုရား) is located between the new Bagan and the village of Bagan, this temple is style of tradition between the first period and the intermediate period.
info The Ahlodawpyae Pagoda (အလိုတော်ပြည့်ဘုရား) is located between the new Bagan and the village of Bagan, this temple is style of tradition between the first period and the intermediate period.
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Sinmyarshin Temple
info Sinmyarshin Temple (ဆင်များရှင်ဘုရား) is a two-storey building consisting of an entrance hall and the main hall on the lower level. The main hall has two Buddha images, each facing east and west.
info Sinmyarshin Temple (ဆင်များရှင်ဘုရား) is a two-storey building consisting of an entrance hall and the main hall on the lower level. The main hall has two Buddha images, each facing east and west.
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Mingalazedi
info Mingalazedi (မင်္ဂလာစေတီ) ('Blessing Stupa') was built in 1277 by Narathihapati.
info Mingalazedi (မင်္ဂလာစေတီ) ('Blessing Stupa') was built in 1277 by Narathihapati.
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Sinphyushin Temple
info Sinphyushin Temple was built by King Thihathu or Sinphyushin of Pinya. It is a cave-type Indian-style based monument. There is also an upper level. The inner walls of the temple are full of ancient mural paintings.
info Sinphyushin Temple was built by King Thihathu or Sinphyushin of Pinya. It is a cave-type Indian-style based monument. There is also an upper level. The inner walls of the temple are full of ancient mural paintings.
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Bagan Museum
info The new Bagan Museum glorifies the golden age of Burman culture, those 250 years during which thousands of temples were built in and around the Myanmar capital of Bagan. The builders of Bagan apparently reserved brick for religious monuments for nothing remains of the other buildings, that must have been wooden, in this great capital.
info The new Bagan Museum glorifies the golden age of Burman culture, those 250 years during which thousands of temples were built in and around the Myanmar capital of Bagan. The builders of Bagan apparently reserved brick for religious monuments for nothing remains of the other buildings, that must have been wooden, in this great capital.
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Soemingyi Monastery
info Named after the lady who supposedly sponsored its construction, this typical Bagan brick monastery is thought to have been completed in 1204.
info Named after the lady who supposedly sponsored its construction, this typical Bagan brick monastery is thought to have been completed in 1204.
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Glazed plaque
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Tantkyi Taung Pagoda
info Tantkyi Taung or the Tantkyi hill is located on the western side of Ayeyarwaddy river, other side of Bagan. On the Tantkyi Hill, a Pagoda lies and is known as the Tantkyi Taung Pagoda (တန့်ကြည့်တောင်စေတီ).
info Tantkyi Taung or the Tantkyi hill is located on the western side of Ayeyarwaddy river, other side of Bagan. On the Tantkyi Hill, a Pagoda lies and is known as the Tantkyi Taung Pagoda (တန့်ကြည့်တောင်စေတီ).
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Mee Nyein Gone Temple
info Mee Nyein Gone Temple (မီးငြိမ်းကုန်းဘုရား) is located south of Bagan.
info Mee Nyein Gone Temple (မီးငြိမ်းကုန်းဘုရား) is located south of Bagan.
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Taung Guni Temple
info Taung Guni Temple (တောင်ဂူနီဘုရား) is located in Old Bagan. It was built by the Minister Thinkha Thura during the reign of King Narapatisithu.
info Taung Guni Temple (တောင်ဂူနီဘုရား) is located in Old Bagan. It was built by the Minister Thinkha Thura during the reign of King Narapatisithu.
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Myinkaba Pagoda
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.
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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Tayok Pye Temple
info Tayok Pye Temple (တရုတ်ပြေးဘုရား) is located in Bagan, a large temple in extreme cases of the group of Minnanthu.
info Tayok Pye Temple (တရုတ်ပြေးဘုရား) is located in Bagan, a large temple in extreme cases of the group of Minnanthu.
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