Decaying frescoes inside the Alo-daw Pyi Pagoda,Bagan
Alo-daw Pyi Pagoda
Alo-daw Pyi Paya (Pagoda) is a principal temple in a cluster of pagodas on the northern side of Anawrahta Road. It stands on the south east of Htilo Minlo Temple.Facing east, there is a zedi on it. A spiral stair leads to upper terraces. With sloping roofs, and perforated windows the temple is one of the early Bagan monuments belonging to the 11th century A.D. It has Mon writings.
On the south wall of the entrance to the main hall, are ink writings dated Sakarit 556 (i.e A.D. 1194). From line 16 of these writings we learn that the temple's name was Alo Pyi. The same writings also describe the zedi on the west as, Glazed zedi an evidence to confirm that some zedis and monuments in Bagan were built of glazed brick.
The pagoda was built in the form of a cave.As one enters one can see the Buddha image.There are also images of Buddha on three other sides.The inner walls are lined with nine other images.The walls are filled with frescoes of Buddha giving discourses.
The Gaw Daw Palin Temple (Gu Pha Ya) in Bagan,Myanmar
The Gaw-Daw-Palin Temple (Gu Pha Ya) in Bagan,Myanmar
Gawdawpalin Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma. Construction of the pagoda began during the reign of Narapatisithu (1174--1211) and completed on 26 March 1227 during the reign of Htilominlo (1211--1235). Gawdawpalin Temple is the second tallest temple in Bagan. The temple is similar in layout to Thatbyinnyu Temple. Gawdawpalin Temple is two storeys tall, and contains three lower terraces and four upper terraces. The temple was heavily damaged during the 1975 earthquake and was reconstructed in following years.
The Gawdawpalin Temple belongs to the style of the hollow gu-style temple.
In contrast to the stupas, the hollow gu-style temple is a structure used for meditation, devotional worship of the Buddha and other Buddhist rituals. The gu temples come in two basic styles: one-face design and four-face design—essentially one main entrance and four main entrances. Other styles such as five-face and hybrids also exist. The one-face style grew out of 2nd century Beikthano, and the four-face out of 7th century Sri Ksetra. The temples, whose main features were the pointed arches and the vaulted chamber, became larger and grander in the Bagan period.
Shwesandaw Pagoda and Shinbinthalyaung Temple,Bagan,Myanmar
Shwesandaw Pagoda
Type of monument : Type II Pagoda (Zedi)
Location : Northeast of Old Bagan
Region : Old Bagan
Built by : King Anawrahta
Date : A.D 1057
Monument Number : 1568
King Anawrahta built Shwesandaw Pagoda after his conquest of Thaton in 1057. This graceful circular pagoda was constructed at the centre of his newly empowered kingdom. The pagoda was also known as Ganesh or Mahapeine after the elephant-headed Hindu god whose images once stood at the corners of the five successive terraces.
The five terraces once bore terracotta plaques showing scenes from the jatakas, but traces of these, and of other sculptures, were covered by lather heavy-handed renovations.
The pagoda's bell rises from two octagonal bases which top the five square terraces. This was the first monument in Bagan to feature stairways leading from the square bottom terraces to the round base of the pagoda itself. This pagoda supposedly enshrines a Buddha hair relic brought back from Thaton.
There are image housing at four sides. In them are hard stone images of Buddha in the posture of Jhana mudra, the intense concentration of mind posture. On the palms and soles of the images were incised eight petal lotus flowers. Below these images are stone slabs with grooves to let water go out. It is therefore assumed that lustral water was poured on these images.
The hti, which was toppled by the earthquake, can still be seen lying on the far side of the pagoda compound. A new one was fitted soon after tie quake. The Shwe Sandaw Pagoda was renovated as needed by the trustees of the Pagoda with the help of the donors. So it now look likes a modern structure. During renovation 50 bronze statues of Buddha were discovered near Shwe Sandaw forest monk's monastery. These statues are exhibited at Archeological Museum. Nine bronze Buddha statues discovered after the 1975 earth-quake took place were moved to the Bagan Archeological Museum.
Previously there were stone idols of deva placed back to back at the corners of the terraces. But they are now all damaged due to vandalism. Broken pieces are kept in the image house. Some of these idols are found to be Maha Peinhne devas (Ganesha). That is. why local people call this pagoda Maha Peinhne Pagoda. On the west of Shwe Sandaw Pagoda stands a huge reclining Buddha image of 70 feet long, heading towards south. It is sheltered inside an image house. On the walls of the house are original Bagan frescoes in a fair state of preservation.
Before when people were allowed to climb up the terrace of the pagoda, it was a great spot to view the sunset of Bagan. But nowadays, to keep the ancient monuments in good shape, the stairways have been closed down.
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Shinbinthalyaung Temple
Type of monument : Single storey Cave Style
Location : West of Shwesandaw
Region : Old Bagan
Built by : Unknown
Date : 11th Century
Monument Number : 1570
The Shinbinthalyaung is a long low, rectangular brick structure, a little to the west of the Shwesandaw pagoda. The temple itself is not very distinguished, but it houses the Buddha in Bagan. Shinbinthalaung Buddha image was made during the 11th Century. The temple in which the Buddha image lies is about 84 feet in length, and the image itself is 70 feet in length. The Buddha is in the position of Parinibbana, the Decease, lying on his right side, his cheek resting on his right hand.
Myanmar, Bagan, Alodawpyi Pagoda
အလိုေတာ္ၿပည္႕ဘုရား
video footage of Alo-daw-pyi Pagoda festival held in Bagan, Myanmar on Dec.27,2012.
အလိုေတာ္ၿပည္႕ ဘုရား ဗုဒၶ ပူဇနိယပြဲေတာ္ ။ ၂၇ ဒီဇင္ဘာ ၂၀၁၂ ။ ပုဂံ ။
Pagoda Ein Daw Yar (Mandalay, Myanmar)
La pagoda Ein Daw Yar (Mandalay, Myanmar)
Shwe San Daw Pagoda , Pyay
Sulamani Temple in Bagan (Myanmar)
Wind Inside Bagan Myanmar Temple
Khay-min-ga Temple, Bagan
Fantastic view from Kyai-min-ga Temple.
Bats inside a temple/pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar
21 st Alodawpyi in Bagan
21 st. Celebrating the Alodawpyei Buddhapuja
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President Obama's Trip to Burma (Myanmar): Aung San Suu Kyi, University of Yangon (2012)
The Obama administration initially continued longstanding American reticence in dealing with Burma after taking over in January 2009, preferring to prioritize broader security threats like Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan. Susan E. Rice, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, called the junta government's hold over Myanmar, known in the West as Burma, one of the most intractable challenges for the global community. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton claimed that the Obama administration was looking at what steps we might take that might influence the current Burmese government and...looking for ways that we could more effectively help the Burmese people, though she echoed Rice's pessimism in noting the junta's historical isolationism and disregard for economic sanctions.
At the urging of Aung San Suu Kyi and the US's East Asian partners, the US held the first formal meetings with the junta in late in 2009.
In November 2011, Obama spoke with Aung San Suu Kyi on the phone where they agreed to a visit by Secretary of State Clinton to Burma. Obama met with Burmese President Thein Sein at the Sixth East Asia Summit. Clinton made a two-day visit from December 1, 2011. Barack Obama visited Burma on November 18, 2012, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to do so. Obama also visited Aung San Suu Kyi in her home.
Aung San Suu Kyi MP AC (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.
Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country; at the time, she was one of only four people ever to receive the honour. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal. On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was also presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.
On 1 April 2012, her party, the National League for Democracy, announced that she was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the Burmese parliament, representing the constituency of Kawhmu; her party also won 43 of the 45 vacant seats in the lower house. The election results were confirmed by the official electoral commission the following day.
Suu Kyi is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be the father of modern-day Burma.
เที่ยวพม่า EP#101 วัด Khay min gha เมืองพุกาม (Bagan)
เที่ยวพม่าคนเดียวน่ากลัวไหม ตอน เที่ยวพม่า EP#101 ในตอนที่แล้วยังดูศาลา Upali Thein หรือเรียกอีกชื่อหนึ่งว่า Ordination Hall เสร็จผมก็ขับรถมาต่อที่วัด Khay min gha เด๊๋ยวไปชมกันต่อเลยครับ กับประสบการณ์การเดินทางจริงที่นำมาฝาก
The atmosphere inside one of the many temples of Bagan, Burma/Myanmar
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Must see in George Town (Penang, Malaysia): Sasana Vamsa - Sima Shrine Hall - International Standing Buddhas.
Inside temples Bagan
Vidéo de l'intérieur de temples