Bagan Tours & Holidays
Bagan Small Group Tours & Tailor-Made Holidays
Located on the Central Burmese Plains, along the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwady River, Bagan was first settled around the 2nd century AD. Its golden age though began with the ascension to the Burmese throne of King Anawratha in 1044. A disciple of Theravada Buddhism, Anawratha began a policy of temple building that over the next two centuries saw the completion of an astonishing 13,000 temples, pagodas and religious monuments. The famous golden domes of the Shwezigon Pagoda, which was started by ...
Located on the Central Burmese Plains, along the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwady River, Bagan was first settled around the 2nd century AD. Its golden age though began with the ascension to the Burmese throne of King Anawratha in 1044. A disciple of Theravada Buddhism, Anawratha began a policy of temple building that over the next two centuries saw the completion of an astonishing 13,000 temples, pagodas and religious monuments. The famous golden domes of the Shwezigon Pagoda, which was started by Anawrath and completed in 1102 by King Kyanzittha is believed to hold a bone and a tooth belonging to the Gautama Buddha, whilst the Ananda Temple (also from the reign of King Kyanzittha) is considered to be a superb fusion of Mon and Indian architecture.
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