List of Pagodas in Bagan explained

Bagan (in Burmese pronounced as /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] A list of those pagodas and temples are listed below.

List

Name Photos Built YearReferences
Ananda Temple (အာနန္ဒာစေတီ)1105[3]
Dhammayangyi Temple1167-1170 [4]
Bupaya Pagoda
Lawkananda Pagoda (လောကနန္ဒာစေတီ)[5]
Mee Nyein Gone Payar
Shwezigon Pagoda
Alodawpyi Pagoda
Htilominlo Temple
Gawdawpalin Temple
Thabyunyu Payar
Shwesantaw Payar
Lokahteikpan Temple
Mya Zayti
Manuha Temple
Nanpaya Temple
Pya Thadar Kyi
Thakyamuni
Shinthalyung
Gubyaukgyi Temple (Myinkaba)1113[6]
Sulamani Temple
Payathonzu Temple[7]
Thanbula Payar
Tayauk Pyae Payar
Abeyadana Temple
Dhammayazika Pagoda1196[8]
Mahabodhi Temple1225[9]
Gawdawpalin Temple1227 [10]
Htilominlo Temple1211 [11]
Mingalazedi Pagoda1284 [12]
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple[13]
Shwegugyi Temple1331 [14]
Shwesandaw Pagoda
Shwezigon Pagoda1060 [15]
Sulamani Temple1183 [16]
Thatbyinnyu Temple1115
Tuywindaung Pagoda

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seven more cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. UNESCO. 6 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Business: The promise—and the pitfalls . The Economist . 25 May 2013 . 2018-11-26.
  3. Web site: Ananda Temple . 2010-03-18 . Ancient Bagan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100719155335/http://ancientbagan.com/ananda-temple.htm . 2010-07-19 .
  4. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès. Walter F. Vella. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. 1968. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  5. Book: Pictorial Guide to Pagan . 1955 . 1975 . Ministry of Culture . Rangoon .
  6. Paul Schwartzbaum . 1982 . Conservation of the Mural Paintings and Stuccoes at Pagan . United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) . 9 March 2015.
  7. News: Korea's CHA presents mural conservation manuals to Myanmar . The Korea Herald. 4 February 2022.
  8. Book: Pictorial Guide to Pagan . 1955 . 1975 . Ministry of Culture . Rangoon .
  9. Web site: Mahabodhi Paya (c. 1250) . 2006-08-12 . Fiala . Robert D. . 2002 . Asian Historical Architecture.
  10. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès . Walter F. Vella . trans.Susan Brown Cowing . The Indianized States of Southeast Asia . 1968 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  11. News: Htilominlo Temple. Fiala. Robert D.. Asian Historical Architecture. 10 July 2015.
  12. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès. Walter F. Vella. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. 1968. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  13. Pierre Pichard (1994), Inventory of Monuments at Pagan, vol. 6, Monuments [numbered] 1440-1736, Kiscadale EFEO UNESCO, Paris, see Monument 1600
  14. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès

    . George Coedès . Walter F. Vella . trans.Susan Brown Cowing . The Indianized States of Southeast Asia . 1968 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-0368-1.

  15. Web site: Shwezigon Pagoda at Pagan. 8 November 2015. British Library On Line gallery.
  16. Book: Pictorial Guide to Pagan . 1955 . 1975 . Ministry of Culture.

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