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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bagan temple area - Ancient Temple in Burma (Myanmar)

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 24 May 2012  Page Views: 6611

Multi-periodSite Name: Bagan temple area Alternative Name: Old Bagan
Country: Burma (Myanmar)
NOTE: This site is 0.668 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Bagan  Nearest Village: Myinkaba
Latitude: 21.172222N  Longitude: 94.860278E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann : The Bagan Temple site. Photo was taken by Guenther Lehnert in April 2012 Site in Burma (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temples in Burma.
The temples of Bagan in Burma / Myanmar were built from the 9th to 13th century CE. From 10000 temples in the height time of the kindom of Bagan, today remains of 2200 temples are still visible. The huge Bagan area is 13 x 8 km wide.

Please note: The site lies in Burma / Myanmar not in Thailand!

Note: Ancient Burmese City of Bagan Struggles for International Recognition.
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Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : A Chinte (Burmese leogryph) guarding a pagoda at Bagan. The Chinte was the emblem adopted by the Chindits in Burma during World War Two. My father was in the Chindits at that time. October 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann : The Bagan Temple site. Photo was taken by Guenther Lehnert in April 2012 Site in Burma (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann : The Bagan Temple site. Photo was taken by Guenther Lehnert in April 2012 Site in Burma (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann : The Bagan Temple site. Photo was taken by Guenther Lehnert in April 2012 Site in Burma

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by KaiHofmann : The Bagan Temple site. Photo was taken in April 2012 by Guenther Lehnert Site in Burma

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : The Shwezigon Pagoda at Bagan. October 2018

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : Many pagodas were damaged in the recent earthquake but restoration work continues, as seen with this completed site. October 2018

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : One of the larger pagodas. October 2018

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : It is possible to wander through the area and stumble on pagodas and stupas. October 2018

Bagan temple area
Bagan temple area submitted by DrewParsons : One of the many smaller stupas at Bagan. Photographed in October 2018

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Re: The Ancient Burmese City of Bagan Struggles for International Recognition by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 29 January 2015
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Now I know, we also need Myanmar (Burma/Birma) as a country button..
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The Ancient Burmese City of Bagan Struggles for International Recognition by bat400 on Wednesday, 05 February 2014
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Two artisans are gently applying a dissolving solution to an arched ceiling inside Ananda, a signature temple of the ancient Burmese city of Bagan. They are removing layers of a white coating that served as a rudimentary protective barrier but also concealed pictorial details. To one of the workers, a pious Buddhist, removing this veneer to expose the original 12th century fresco is spiritually fulfilling. “Each time I uncover an image of Buddha on the wall, I feel delighted,” he says. The care given to restore Ananda to its original form is the exception, however. Hundreds of other monuments in the area have been subjected to what conservationists regard as historical treason.

Though Bagan is less famous than Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, Egypt’s Luxor or Peru’s Machu Picchu, its historical treasures are no less impressive. Some 3,000 temples, monasteries and pagodas stretch across a 26-square-mile plain. From the 9th century to the 13th century, the area was the capital of a kingdom that consolidated and controlled most of modern-day Burma, officially known as Myanmar, and served as a hub of Buddhist scholarship. To this day, Bagan remains a centerpiece of national pride and religious devotion, which explains in part why the country’s recent rulers have been keen to make their mark on it.

Their so-called beautification projects have been controversial, though, because hundreds of ancient sites were shoddily recast — with materials and designs that differed from the originals — rather than authentically restored. Burma’s dictatorship insulated itself from criticism, but their imprudent stewardship of Bagan may stand in the way of the country’s bid today for the ancient city to receive World Heritage status — a gold standard of sorts for historical sites — from the U.N.’s cultural agency, UNESCO.

The Southeast Asian country is in the midst of democratic reform to move away from military rule and, in the process, is pursuing the trappings of international legitimacy. Though largely symbolic, winning World Heritage status is the sort of incremental achievement the new government seeks to solidify Burma’s new place in the world, as an open country with endorsements from international institutions. Unesco’s Heritage badge could also bolster Burma’s emerging tourism sector, which in 2012, for the first time attracted more than a million foreign visitors in a year.

But in their bid, Burmese officials must contend with the work of their country’s former leaders. After a major earthquake in 1975 toppled many of Bagan’s already crumbling structures, the ruling junta ordered widespread reconstruction on the site, which was hastily carried out, and even commissioned the construction of new monuments within the designated historical zone. State-run media lauded the projects as tributes to national dignity and Buddhist piety.

Experts scoff at the contention by Burmese officials that most reconstructions were faithful. Pierre Pichard, a French academic who made regular visits to Bagan in the 1980s and ’90s to catalog its structures, says most “repaired” temples were not rebuilt according to their original form but were modeled after one of a few temples that remained intact. “The result is terrible uniformity,” he says. Sun Oo, vice president of the Association of Myanmar Architects, says that such shoddy refurbishments resulted in many sites having “no historical, architectural or artistic value.” Indeed, UNESCO, citing the prevalence of inauthentic restorations, declined Burma’s 1996 application for Bagan to join the World Heritage list.

But many lay people in Burma, a Buddhist-majority country where religion plays a prominent role in daily life, see the crude refurbishments not as desecration but as practical updates to accommodate Bagan’s function as a living and breathing pilgrimage site. Mahabodhi Paya, a 13th century temple, for instance, includes a number of the contemporary amenities that trouble conservationists.

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