With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
Thatbyinnyu Temple, Bagan, Thatbyinnyu, Bagan at Night, That byin nyu Temple; Bagan, Myanmar, Burma; streetscape
Description
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 "knowing thoroughly and seeing widely." Three receding terraces rise above each storey, ornamented with crenellated parapets and corner stupas. Above the terraces of the upper storey rises a curvilinear spire, surmounted by a slim, tapering stupa which takes the temple up to a height of 201 feet. The great height of the temple and the vertical lines of the ornamental features-the plain pilasters, the flame-like arch pediments, the corner stupas-give a soaring effect to the Thatbyinnyu...
With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
With its shimmering gold hti over the Bagan plains, Ananda Pahto is one of the finest, largest and best preserved of all Bagan temples. Built between 1090 and 1105 the temple marks the end of the early Bagan period and the beginning of the middle period.
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