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Ananda Oakkyaung is simply a Monastery built with red bricks, located within the precincts of the Ananda Temple. It was built in 1137 AD. It was built in 1137 AD. Paintings of the 18th century are seen in the walls of the monastery, which also have an inscription that attributes building of the monastery to three brothers.
Ancient pagodas are built in the Mon style, Bagan Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan. Alodawpyi Pagoda; Ananda Temple; Bupaya Pagoda; Dhammayangyi Temple; Dhammayazika Pagoda; Gawdawpalin Temple; Htilominlo Temple; Lawkananda Pagoda; Mahabodhi Temple; Manuha Temple; Mingalazedi Pagoda; Payathonzu Temple; Shwegugyi Temple; Shwesandaw Pagoda; Shwezigon ...
Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား; also known as the Great Marble Image) is a well-known Buddhist temple located near the southern entry to Mandalay Hill, Myanmar, opposite the northeastern corner of the Mandalay moat.
Bagan (Burmese: ပုဂံ; MLCTS: pu.gam, IPA: [bəɡàɰ̃]; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Myanmar. [1] During the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan mainly lying in the Bagan Archaeological Zone. [2]
Sacred fish and tortoise pond near the Mahamuni Pagoda. A large number of 'inscription stones' collected by King Bodawpaya are seen in a long gallery in the southeastern corner of the temple courtyard. These inscriptions, some of which are made from gilded marble and sandstone, have been collected from many regions of the country.
Ananda Temple in Bagan is a classic example of a pahto. In the Burmese language , pagodas are known by a number of various terms. The umbrella term phaya ( ဘုရား , pronounced [pʰəjá] ), which derives from Sanskrit vara , [ 5 ] refers to pagodas, images of the Buddha, as well as royal and religious personages, including the Buddha ...
Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား; also known as the Taungthaman Kyauktawgyi) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Amarapura, Burma, near the Taungthaman Lake. [1] It was built in 1847 by King Pagan Min on the model of the Ananda Pagoda at Pagan. [1]
A closer view of Thatbyinnyu Phaya. The Thatbyinnyu is a five-story brick masonry building topped by a sikhara tower with a hti at the pinnacle. "Somewhat similar to" the nearby Ananda Temple in its architectural style, the temple's exterior is covered in white stucco, and its terraces paved in stone. [5]