Bagan

WELCOME TO BAGAN

Facts about Bagan

Bagan is a place located in
Myanmar, Mandaly. It’s popular
for its many pagodas. The most
popular pagodas are Shwezigon
pagoda, Ananda pagoda, Shwe
San Daw, and Thatbyinnyu
pagoda.

Map of Bagan

Pagodas

Popular restaurants

• Royal Restaurant
• Yar Pyi Resturant
• Khaing Shwe Wha Vegetarian Restaurant
• Sarabha Restaurant
• Misan Resturant
• La Terrazza
• San Thi Dar
• Kyaw Kitchen

Royal , Sarabha, San Thi Dar, Sanon
restaurants

La Terrazza , Khang Shwe Wah, Kyaw Kitchen,
Bagan restaurants

Hotels In Bagan

• Shwe Yee Pwint Hotel

• Bagan Lodge Hotel

• Ananta Bagan Hotel

Interesting facts of Bagan

• Bagan formerly known as ‘Pagan’ is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region
of Myanmar (Burma).

• Bagan is home to the largest and densest concentration of Buddhist
temples, pagodas, stupas and ruinsin the world with many dating from the 11th
and 12th centuries.

• The shape and construction of each building is highly significant in Buddhism with
each component part taking on spiritual meaning.

• From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan,
the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern
Myanmar.

• This kingdom was the first to unify the area that is now Myanmar, establishing the
Burmese culture and ethnicity, as well as Theravada Buddhism, in the region.

• Over this period of rule, as the city and kingdom grew in influence and
stature, over 10,000 temples were built on the plains surrounding the capital next
to the Irrawaddy River.

• Today, seven centuries later, approximately twenty-two hundred remain standing.

• The Ananda Temple, Bagan’s holiest temple was built
in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1113) of King
Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty. 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 Buddhas,
each one facing the cardinal direction of East, North,
West and South.

Thank you very much for visiting
Bagan and have fun exploring !