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Huge Buddha

Keywords : Buddha, Sulamani, King Narapatisit, Kongbong dynasty

Site common nameSulamani
Type of artworkPainting
Village-
Province/CityBagan
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.164722
Long : 94.881111

History of productionSulamani Chedi at Pegan was built in the late Pegan period by King Narapatisit. However, paintings inside the Chedi were painted in the later period. The paintings depict pictures of large Buddha images and the seven important places in the history of Buddha.
ArtThe painting of large Buddha images to cover the whole wall appears to be preferences in the art of Kongbong dynasty of Pegan school of art. The spreading arms and the cloth extended to the abdomen are distinctive features of arts in after Pegan period.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodKongbong
Age23th-24th Century BE.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali