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Mandalay-styled Buddha image at Ananda

Keywords : Buddha, Bagan, Kyanzittha, Ananda

Site common nameAnanda
Type of artworkSculpture
Village-
Province/CityBagan
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 22.045833
Long : 94.985

History of productionAlthough Ananda was constructed during the reign of Kyanzittha, the temple has been continuously functioned. During Mandalay period, a fire destroyed two Buddha images inside the sanctum of the temple and the Mandaly-period Buddha images were added.
ArtMandalay standing Buddha image is characterized by the diadem and the robe with natural way of folding. Sometime the mirror mosaic is added on the robe for decoration. While the right hand is in Varada gesture (sometime with myrobalan as being typical to this period), the left one holds normally the tip of the robe.
PeriodHistorical Period
Age19th-20th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada
Religion and beliefFour Buddha images at Ananda are believed to be the four previous Buddha in Bhadra aeon which is considered to be the normal iconographic program here.

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