Bagan is one of villages in
Myanmar situated some 40 km south-west of
Pakokku and 270 km from
Ne Pyi Daw. According to the latest census, the population of Bagan is about 400 people. Thousands of tourists visit Bagan every year to see its buddhist temples.
Airport Bagan Intl (IATA: NYU) is 10 km away from it and is the closest airport to it.
Interesting places in Bagan
Mingalazedi Pagoda (Burmese: မင်္ဂလာစေတီ, pronounced ]; also spelt Mingalar Zedi Pagoda) is a Buddhist stupa located in Bagan, Burma. Construction started in 1274 during the reign of King Narathihapate. 183 The pagoda is one of few temples in Bagan with a full set of glazed terra cotta tiles depicting the Jataka. The pagoda was built in brick and contains several terraces leading to large pot-shaped stupa at its centre, topped by a bejewelled umbrella (hti). Mingalazedi Pagoda was built a few y…
The Ananda Temple (Burmese: အာနန္ဒာဘုရား, pronounced ]), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1113) of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty. It is one of four surviving temples in Bagan. The temple layout is in a cruciform with several terraces leading to a small pagoda at the top covered by an umbrella known as hti, which is the name of the umbrella or top ornament found in almost all pagodas in Myanmar. The Buddhist temple houses four standing…
Htilominlo Temple (Burmese: ထီးလိုမင်းလိုဘုရား, pronounced ]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya), 1211-1231. 183 The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres (151 ft), and built with red brick. It is also known for its elaborate plaster moldings. On the first floor of the temple, there are four Buddhas that face each direction. The temple was damaged in the 1975 earthquake…
Bagan (Шаблон: MYname, Шаблон: Pronounced), formerly Pagan, is an ancient city in the Mandalay Division of Burma. Formally titled Arimaddanapura or Arimaddana (the City of the Enemy Crusher) and also known as Tambadipa (the Land of Copper) or Tassadessa (the Parched Land), it was the ancient capital of several ancient kingdoms in Burma. It is located in the dry central plains of the country, on the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwady River, 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Mandalay.
Bupaya Pagoda (Burmese: ဗူးဘုရား, pronounced ]) is a notable pagoda located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Myanmar, at a bend on the right bank of the Ayeyarwady River. The small pagoda, which has a bulbous shaped dome, is widely believed to have been built by the third King of Pagan, Pyusawhti who ruled from 168 to 243 AD. It is one of the most notable shrines among the thousands of new or ruined Pagodas in Pagan, which is located about 90 miles (140 km) south of Mandalay.
Dhammayangyi Temple (Burmese: ဓမ္မရံၾကီးပုထိုး, IPA: ]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu: 167 (1167-1170). Narathu, who came to the throne by assassinating his father Alaungsithu and his elder brother, presumably built this largest temple to atone for his sins.
The Shwesandaw Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား, pronounced: ]) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Bagan, Burma. The pagoda contains a series of five terraces, topped with a cylindrical stupa, which has a bejewelled umbrella (hti). The pagoda was built by King Anawrahta in 1057, and once contained terra cotta tiles depicting scenes from the Jataka. Enshrined within the pagoda are sacred hairs of Gautama Buddha, which were obtained from Thaton.
Thatbyinnyu Temple (Burmese: သဗ္ဗညုဘုရား), Sabbannu or " the Omniscient" is a famous temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), built in the mid-12th century during the reign of King Alaungsithu. 166–167 It is adjacent to Ananda Temple. Thatbyinnyu Temple is shaped like a cross, but is not symmetrical. The temple has two primary storeys, with the seated Buddha image located on the second storey.
If you have already seen Bagan, there are still plenty of things to do on the outskirts of the city. If you're visiting the area, you may want to check out something from the following list:
To understand Bagan better you can also take a look at the gallery.