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Temple of Myingun in Magway Region, Myanmar
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Title | Temple of Myingun in Magway Region, Myanmar | |||||
Language | en | |||||
Publication date | 2020-01-06 | |||||
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Khin Thidar | ||||||
Description | ||||||
Myingun stands about twenty three miles from Magway, Central Myanmar. Myingun was an important place in the reign of Myanmar Kings. According to some inscriptions found in Myingun area, this region is located at there since the time of Bagan Period. Oral history says that King Sawlu of Bagan built this city for staying temporarily when he defended the rebel Ngayamakan. The remnants of City wall, moat and temples can be seen still today. In successive era, the people of Myingun constructed and donated many religious edifices where the Buddha images were kept. Numerous temples were built and many images were carved. Mural paintings are drawn on the wall and stucco works were done to decorate them. There are about sixty temples and stupās in Myingun. The art and architecture of these religious edifices show that some temples are constructed since 12 th century AD. It is found that there are twenty seven temples with Bagan style of art and architecture in Myingun. Most of the temples are hollow temples with Kwam:toṅ-Sikhara-square tower. Le:chūcaṁyā-the place where four pagodas are situated, Le:myaknhā-the temple which has four directions, Rhaṅ Ajjagona-the Brick Monastery where a monk named Ajjagona is resided, Munpoṅ:saññ Ññīama-the temple which was donated by two sisters who sell Myanmar snacks and Kwam:tham: Ññīnoṅ-the temple which was donated by two brothers who carry the betel baskets are significant amongst the temples of 12 th century. The style of these temples based on NorthEastern India model but it has own characteristics of Bagan art and architecture. An attempt has been made here to evaluate the art and architecture of ancient temples in Myingun and to analyze the model and style of Buddha images in these temples. The paper point out Myingun is a land of cultural heritage in Myanmar and it also suggests for further research on socioeconomic history of the region. | ||||||
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Ancient, temple, art, architecture, Myingun | ||||||
Conference papers | ||||||
6-7 January 2020 | ||||||
The 1st International Conference on Languages and Humanities | ||||||
Yangon |