Mahabodhi Temple, Bagan

Mahabodhi Temple
Mahabodhi Temple
မဟာဗောဓိဘုရား
	Location within Myanmar
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Location	Bagan, Mandalay Region
Country	Myanmar
Coordinates	21°10′24″N 94°51′38″E / 21.173240°N 94.860481°E
Architecture
Founder	King Htilominlo
Completed	early 13th century

The Mahabodhi Temple (Burmese: မဟာဗောဓိဘုရား [məhà bɔ́dḭ tɕáʊɰ̃]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar.

History

The Mahabodhi Temple was constructed during the reign of King Htilominlo (r. 1211–1235), and is modeled after the Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar, India.^[1]^: 183 The temple is built in an architectural style typical of the Gupta period, and contains a large pyramidal tower with many niches containing over 450 images of Buddha. Despite the 1975 Bagan earthquake, the temple survived and underwent repairs in the subsequent years.

References

↑ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.

Pictorial Guide to Pagan. Rangoon: Ministry of Culture. 1975 [1955].
Fiala, Robert D. (2002). "Mahabodhi Paya (c. 1250)". Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved 12 August 2006.

[Coedes-1] Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.

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