Myanmar Travel Information

Mingalar Zedi Pagoda or the “Blessing Stupa” lies close to the Ayeyarwaddy River Bank. The Pagoda was built in 1277 by King Narathihapati. It was the very last of the large late period monuments to be built before the kingdom’s decline. thus representing the final flowering of Bagan’s architectural skills. It took six whole years […]

The Manuha temple is on the right side of the main road going south from Bagan. and right in Myinkaba village. King Manuha’s inscription says that it was built in AD 1067 about a decade after the Mon king was brought to Bagan. The name of the temple was given after the name of the […]

Mahabodhi Temple of Bagan was known to have been modelled after the famous Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya. Bihar State of India. The original Mahabodhi Temple of India was built during AD 500. It commemorates the spot where the Buddha attained enlightenment; this monument was built during the reign of King Nantaungmya (1211-34).     History […]

The Leimyethna temple. the “Temple of the Four Faces”. is a beautiful example of a single-storeyed temple built in the Late Style. Resting on a platform. the temple is square in plan. with porches projecting on all four sides. and with the main entrance in the east. The superstructure consists of receding terraces. with crenellated […]

The Lawkananda pagoda was built by King Anawrahta during his reign in 1059. The pagoda has enshrined the Buddha’s tooth relic in Bagan. The pagoda is erected on the bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River.   During the ancient days. with the power of Bagan Dynasty. the Mon region. Rakhine and even as far as Sri […]

Kyaukgu Umin is situated about 2 miles to the east of Nyaung U town. It is one of the four monuments in Bagan built of stone brick. Kyaukgu Umin meaning the stone cave translated in Myanmar language. On the upper reaches of the wall are stone sculptures of ogres clutching floral garlands. below are triangle […]