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Drawing depicting Kyauktawgyi

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

Site common nameKyauktawgyi
Type of artworkSculpture
Village-
Province/CityAmarapura
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.894167
Long : 96.064722

History of productionKing Baganmin of Amarapura had this temple to be constructed under the concept of imitation of Ananda at Pagan, However, the mural inside the temple is totally different from Ananda at Pagan.
ArtDuring the period of Amarapura and Mandalay art, the western-influenced realism played an important role in Burmese murals. The picture of Kyauktawkyi was therefore drawn here ford depicting the city of Amarapura itself. The volume of the temple and the landscape at the background are accurate in accordance with the perspective.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodAmarapura-Mandalay
Age18th-19th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada
Religion and beliefKyauktawkyi mural depicts several cities in the kingdom of Burma which indicates the attempt of promoting the Kingdom as well as the capital as the center of the universe.

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