Bagan Myanmar Ananda Temple

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-The Ananda Temple, built in the years of 1091-1105 is a typical example of a centric Myanmar temple.

The Ananda Temple is one of the 11 biggest temple structures in
Bagan, beside of the Ananda Temple is a other huge temple structure at
Bagan, the Dhammayangyi Temple built in 1165th. With its stressed
geometric character and the somewhat sober faades he stands behind the expressive forms of the Ananda Temple. Beside of this the Dhammayangyi Temple remained one of the unfinished temples at Bagan.

The structural center of the Ananda Temple is the massive square center.
In every side of the square center is a niche with a 12 m high Buddha Statue
of the last four Buddha: Kakusanda in the north, Konaganama at east,
Kassyapa at south and Gautama at the west.

The Ananda Temple has a significantly and very expressive silhouette, which also ca be seen from a far distance. Rising skyward in a pyramid form like a sacred place where God live. Being near to the Ananda Temple the details of the decoration come into effect.

The construction of the temple structure symbolizes the characteristic Buddhist cosmology, the model of the world and the universe plus the interface between people and the gods. The Temples are virtually built for eternity. Characteristic are also the colors of the Ananda Temple.

Also in the architecture of India, Cambodia and Java harmonizes the color of natural stone and the polychrome painting with the color of the environment - nature and human. The color of the building, as well as his silhouette, is in contrast to the environment.

Ananda Temple Buddha Statue

Ananda Temple Inside Wall

Old Burmese Lady at Ananda Temple. Videos are here. The Shwezigon Pagoda is a other great Bagan pagoda architecture.

Ananda Temple
Ananda Temple Entrance

Temple Entrance

The Ananda Temple is a very decorative palace for the God. The diversity of the decorative motifs and sculptures, which are always assigned a fixed space include fantastic animals - the Chinthe-, the saints, - Makaras -, as well as - Nagas and Nayas - snakes and dragons. The images of these fantastic animals, ghosts and God should ban the evil and increase faith.

Interior Wall

Interior Buddha Statue

The Ananda Temple is also a vivid example for the synthesis of Art and the complex ensemble of the architecture.

At the base of the Ananda temple and hidden in the terraces are 1472 niches with glazed tiles with terracotta relief's with scenes from Jatakas. Very interesting are the 400 compositions on the upper terraces of the Ananda

Temple. They illustrate the ten last big Jatakas; each of them has 40 relief with text in the ancient Mon language dedicated. At the verandas at the bottom of the pyramid superstructure are 537 tiles with Jatakas and inscriptions in Pali.

The base of the Ananda temple is adorned with tiles depicting the two main events in which the Buddha received enlightenment. There are also inscriptions in the old Mon-language.

On the west side is the army of the evil Damon Mara presented, threatening the Buddha. On the east the bodhisattvas praise to God after his victory over Mara.

The inscriptions under the compositions contain the names of the measures outlined persons and the names of the depicted objects.

The Burmese or Myanmar temples were called "Gu", which means cave or temple cave. This name corresponds to the nature of the temple interior, which is a strictly organized system of alleys and niches: there prevail, the dominant calmness and tranquility should help to reach the desired state of self-contemplation and inner peace.

Inside Buddha Statue

Ananda Temple Bagan

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Bagan Myanmar Ananda Temple

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