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Kyauk Taw Gyi

Keywords : Bagan, Ananda, Amarapura, Kyauk Taw Gyi, King Paganmin

Site common nameKyauk Taw Gyi
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityAmarapura
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.894167
Long : 96.064722

History of productionKing Paganmin ordered this temple to be constructed in Amarapura as the copy of Ananda of Pagan.
ArtKyauktawgyi is the most beautiful Ananda copy in Amarapura period. The main spire is Shikhara as that of Ananda in Pagan. Furthermore, the architectural details of this temple are very similar to those of Pagan art, including the offset division of the main Shikhara, the four projecting porches and the pediments which are decorated with Makaras and the elongated leafs. However, some differences are also noticeable. Pagan architecture became the favourite prototype for Amarapura-and-Mandalay architects to copy, as the later-period architects considered Pagan architecture as the culmination of Burmese art.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodAmarapura-Mandalay
Age19th-20th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali