Lawkananda

Site common name	Lawkananda
Type of artwork	Architecture
Province/City	Bagan
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.127222 Long : 94.850278

History of production	King Anawratha ordered to construct this stupa at the spot where the tooth relic was disembarked.
Art	The stupa composes of triple bases in octagonal plan. Each of them is decorated with panels and punctuated with staircases leading to the circumambulatory path. The bell-shaped element is ornamented with bands in the centre and the triangular patterns at the top, typical to Burmese art. This stupa is categorized to “Pyu-influenced Stupa” because the bell-shaped element is quite elongate. The square throne on the top of the bell-shaped element is omitted, typical to Burmese stupa. The spire comprises the series of rings (Chatravali) and the lotus-bud-liked pinnacle, which is the sharing character in both Pyu-influenced stupa and the pure-Burmese stupa. Pyu-influenced stupa is the group of stupa which co-existed with the Pure-Burmese Stupa during the reign of King Anawratha.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Pagan
Age	10th-12th century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali