| Bagan is in many respects the most remarkable
religious city in the world. Jerusalem, Rome, Kiew, Benares -
none of these can boast the multitude of temples and the
lavishness of the designs and ornaments that make the deserted
capital on the Ayeyarwaddy to a wondrous marvel. The whole
space is thickly studded with pagodas of all sizes and shapes.
At one time there were 13,000 temples, pagodas and religious
structures. Today, only over 2,300 remain, with others only
visible as small piles of rubble. Surrounding all this are
wonderful villages, where life goes on much as it did when the
temples were at their peak, and here too, cottage crafts
remain, including the making of the best lacquerware in
Myanmar.
La
Verja de Tharabar
ANANDA
TEMPLE
One of the finest, largest, best preserved and
most revered of the Bagan temples, which was
built in 1105 by King Kyanzittha. This perfectly
proportioned temple heralded the stylistic end of
the Early Bagan Period and the beginning of the
Middle Period.
DHAMMAYANGYI TEMPLE
Similar in plan to the Ananada Temple, this later temple is much
more massive and known as the biggest temple in Bagan.
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