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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Zee O Village

Zee O Village
info Zee O Village (ဇီးအိုကျေးရွာ) is located in the south east of Bagan and the driving hour is about 30 minutes.
 

Yet Saunt Temple

Yet Saunt Temple
info Yet Saunt Temple is a perfect example of one of the unique designs of most Temples and Pagodas found in Bagan. Inside the Temple is a large sitting Buddha Image and a number of mural paintings.
 

Thagya Hit Temple

Thagya Hit Temple
info Thagya Hit Temple is a two-storey building. There is a large seated Buddha Image on the first floor. There are small passages to go up to the second floor.
 

Winido Temple

Winido Temple
info Winido (ဝိနည်းဓိုရ်) is a cluster of temples, which is still difficult to access by travelers.
 

Tha Htay Mote Gu Pagoda

Tha Htay Mote Gu Pagoda
info Tha Htay Mote Gu Pagoda is a temple situated on the north-east of Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan.
 

Upali Thein

Upali Thein
info Upali Thein (ဥပါလိသိမ်) is named after Upali, a well-known monk, this ordination hall was built in the mid-13th Century and stands across the road from the Htilominlo Temple. 
 

Tayok Pye Temple

Tayok Pye Temple
info Tayok Pye Temple (တရုတ်ပြေးဘုရား) is located in Bagan, a large temple in extreme cases of the group of Minnanthu.
 

Thitsawadi Temple

Thitsawadi Temple
info Thitsawadi Temple (သစ္စာဝတီ) is a three-storey building. which is one of the unique monuments in Bagan.
 

Taung Guni Temple

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.
 

Thinganyone Temple

Thinganyone Temple
info Thinganyone Temple (သင်္ကန်းရုံဘုရား) is a cave-type and Indian style monument. Po Thu Gyi or the chieftain of Po village donated this temple.
 

Tantkyi Taung Pagoda

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).
 

Thetkyamuni Temple

Thetkyamuni Temple
info This cave Pagoda or temple is situated at Chauk Paya Hla on the east of Nyaung Oo town. Originally it was a Pagoda of rural monastery.
 

Soemingyi Monastery

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.
 

Thandawgya Buddha Image

Thandawgya Buddha Image
info This large image of the Buddha is known as the Thandawgya (သံတော်ကျဘုရား), “Within Hearing of the Royal Voice,” because it was said to be situated not too far from the royal palace.
 

Sinphyushin Temple

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.
 

Thamiwhet Umin

Thamiwhet Umin
info Thamiwhet Umin is a cave formed by digging into the side of a hill and cave contains a stone inscription. 
 

Sinmyarshin Temple

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.
 

Thambulla Temple

Thambulla Temple
info Thambulla Temple (သမ္ဗူလဘုရား) was built by Queen Thambulla, the wife of King Kyansittha during 1055.
 

Shwe Laik Tu Temple

Shwe Laik Tu Temple
info Shwe Laik Tu Temple was built during the 13th Century. It is located in the southwest part of Wetkyi-Inn Village. Inside the temple, there are some remains of the ancient mural paintings of Bagan period.
 

Thagya Pone Temple

Thagya Pone Temple
info Thagya Pone Temple is a two-storey building with a large passage on the second floor.
 

Shinbinthalyaung Pagoda

Shinbinthalyaung Pagoda
info Shinbinthalyaung Pagoda (ရှင်ပင်သာလျောင်း) is a little to the west of the Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan, there is a long, vaulted-brick structure which houses an 18-metre-long reclining Buddha Image of the 11th Century.
 

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