Category: MANDALAY

Shin Izza Gauna Temple is located in Minnanthu region. It was known to have been built in A.D 1237 by the Minister Maha Tharman.     Shin Izza Gauna Temple is a two-storey Indian based style monument. The name Izza Gauna was the name of a powerful monk during the Bagan period who brought wealth […]

The two close temples are located in the Myinkaba region. next to the Bagan – Chauk highway. Built by Seinnyet Queen sisters.   The “Seinnyet Sisters”. the Ama (Elder Sister) a temple. and the Nyima (Younger Sister) a pagoda. stand together in a brick enclosure. The temple has entrances on all four sides but the […]

Pyathadar Temple is a double-cave type monument. Most of these kinds of monasteries were built out of wood. But some were built out of bricks and testify to the power of these monasteries.The architectural design explains the expansion of vaults and broad corridors which made it possible to pass from one building to the other. […]

Payathonzu means “three pagodas” is a complex of three interconnected shrines. It was abandoned shortly before its construction was complete. could have been due to the invasion of the Mongols. This monument has been built during the 13th century. Since there are some possible Mahayana influence in the late time. the monument has mural paintings […]

Pahtothamya Temple is popularly held to be one of five temples built by the non-historical King Taungthugyi (931-964) referred to history. But some of the archeologists also mark that it was built by King Sawlu by the references of the wall paintings which dates back only to the 11th Century. King Taungthugyi was also known […]

Thatbyinnyu Temple is among one of the four significant monuments in Bagan. The temple is towering above the other monuments of Bagan. the magnificence in white which is the Thatbyinnyu takes its name from the Omniscience of the Buddha. Thatbyinnyutanyan in Myanmar language. Sabbannutanana in Pali. omniscience is given further explanation in contemporary inscriptions as […]

King Anawrahta built Shwesandaw Pagoda after his conquest of Thaton in 1057. This graceful circular pagoda was constructed at the centre of his newly empowered kingdom. The pagoda was also known as Ganesh or Mahapeine after the elephant-headed Hindu god whose images once stood at the corners of the five successive terraces.   The five […]

Age : 53 years Population : 801, 707 (In Year 2000) Temperature : Min 10°C – Max 43.3°C Location : Latitude 21° 58′ N, Longitude 96° 04′ E   History of Mandalay King Mindon, making it the capital of an independent kingdom for less than 30 years, had founded the town only 29 years earlier […]