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Buddha Footprint on the ceiling

Keywords : footprint Buddha, Buddha, Ananda, Kyauk Taw Gyi

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

History of productionKing Pakanmin ordered the construction of Kyauktawgyi at Amarapura as a replica of Anada Chedi in Phukam. However, paintings inside the Chedi are completely different from those in Anada Chedi.
ArtAlthough paintings at Kyauktawgyi do not show any attempts to replicate Pukam arts, one element that shows a clear influence form Pukam art is the painting of the Lord Buddha footprints on the ceiling. This shows the protection of the Lord Buddha for believers. Although the foorprints show Pukam influences, the surrounding patterns are clearly Acantus from western influecne. As for Thai influence, giant faces of Thai style show that these paintings were painted by Thai artists or their descendants who were brought to Myanmar when they took over Ayutthaya.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodAmarapura-Mandalay
Age24th 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