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Bagan full day sightseeing
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Myanmar - Bagan
09:00
Shwezigon Pagoda
The Shwezigon Pagoda is standing between the village of Wetkyi-in and Nyaung U. It is a beautiful pagoda and was commenced by King Anawrahta but not completed until the reign of King Kyanzittha (1084-1113). King Kyanzittha was thought to have built his palace nearby. This pagoda, a Buddhist religious place, is believed to enshrine a bone and tooth of Gautama Buddha. The pagoda is in the form of a cone formed by five square terraces with a central solid core. Within the compound of the Shwezigon Pagoda there is a stone pillar containing Mon language inscriptions dedicated by Kyansittha.
Shwezigon Pagoda, Nyaungu, Myanmar (Burma)
10:00
Gubyaukgyi (Wetkyi-in)
Gubyaukgyi Wetkyi-inn is close to Wetkyi-in village, from which the name of the temple was derived. This 13th-century 'cave temple' has an Indian-style spire like the Mahabodhi Pagoda in Bagan. It is interesting for the fine frescoes of scenes from the jatakas. The temple is also called Wetkyi-in Gubyaukgyi in order to differentiate with the other Gubyaukgyi Temple in Myinkaba Village, which is also known as Myinkaba Gubyaukgyi. The Gubyaukgyi is noted for its wall paintings. depicting scenes from the previous lives of the Buddha. The ceiling of this temple is full of wall paintings and the halls have enough lights to view these clearly.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
11:00
Ananda Pagoda
The Ananda Temple is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign of King Kyanzittha. Ananda temple is considered to be one of the most surviving masterpiece of the Mon architecture. Also known as the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. The structure of Ananda temple is that of a simple corridor temple. The central square measures 53 metres along each side while the superstructure rises in terraces to a decorative cliff 51 metres above the ground. The entrance ways make the structure into a perfect cross, each entrance is crowned with a stupa finial.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
13:00
Ananda Oakkyaung
The Ananda Oakkyaung Monastery is in the compound of Ananda Temple. It is simply meaning Brick Monastery and a small red brick building. It is also one of the few surviving brick monastery buildings from early Bagan era. The inside walls are covered in 18th century paintings depicting Buddha’s life and elements of the history of Bagan. The paintings describes that the monastery was built by three brothers.
Myanmar (Burma)
13:00
Htilominlo Pagoda
The Htilominlo Temple is situated in Nyaung U and Wetkyi-In Region of Bagan. The temple is about 1.5 km northeast of Bagan. This large temple was built by King Htilominlo (King Nantaungmya)and is known to be the last Myanmar Style temple built in Bagan. Inside the 46-metre-high temple, which is similar in design to Sulamani Temple, there are four Buddhas on the lower and upper floors. Traces of old murals are also still visible. The doorways feature nice carved reliefs. Several old horoscopes, painted to protect the building from damage can be found on the walls of the temple.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
14:00
Sulamani Temple
The Sulamani Temple is located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest of Bagan) in Burma. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 A.D. by Narapatisithu, and resembles the Thatbyinnyu in plan. It was also known as crowing jewel and it is one of the most notorious temples in Bagan. The Sulamani Temple also shows influence from the Dhammayangyi Temple, and was the model for the Htilominlo Temple. The temple consists of two storeys, being set back one behind the other, and each is crowned by terraces ornamented with battlemented parapets and small stupas at each comer surmounted a deeply moulded cornice set with glazed plaques of different sizes and patterns. Sulamani represents some of Bagan's finest ornamental work which are carved stucco on mouldings, pediments and pilasters. These are today in fairly good condition. Glazed plaques around the base and terraces are also still visible.
Myanmar (Burma)
15:00
Dhammayangyi Temple
Dhammayangyi Temple is the most massive structure in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu. The Dhammayangyi is built in a plan similar to that of Ananda Temple and is located about a kilometer to the southeast of the city walls directing Minnanthu. The interior floor plan of the temple includes two ambulatories. Almost all the entire innermost passage, however, was intentionally filled with brick rubble centuries ago. Three out of the four Buddha sanctums were also filled with bricks. The remaining western shrine features two original side-by-side images of Gautama and Maitreya, the historical and future Buddhas. The interlocking, mortarless brickwork at Dhammayangyi, best appreciated on the upper terraces, is said to rank as the finest in Bagan.
Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
16:00
Thabyinnyu Pagoda
Thatbyinnyu Temple, Sabbannu or "the Omniscient", is a famous temple located in Bagan, built in the mid-12th century during the reign of King Alaungsithu. The Thatbyinnyu is a transitional temple, standing between the Early Style of the Ananda, half a mile to the northeast, and the Late Style of the Gawdawpalin, half a mile to the northwest. It is one of the earliest double-storeyed temples, but the arrangement is different from that of later double-storeyed temples, much as if it were still an experiment in the new form. The plan of the Thatbyinnyu is not unlike that of the Ananda-square, with porticoes on all four sides-but the eastern portico projects further than the others, breaking the symmetry. This plan is followed in such later temples as the Sulamani and the Gawdawpalin.
Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
17:00
Sunset
In the evening, we will enjoy Bagan famous sunset at the excellent place.
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