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Bagan, Mandalay Region · 21.1489°, 94.8577°
A brick temple at Bagan built around 1090 during the reign of King Kyanzittha, its main image a brick Gautama Buddha. A later inscription credits its construction to Kyanzittha's queen Abeyadana, and its murals mix Tantric and Brahmanic figures with Buddhist ones.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Local legend holds that the temple stands on the spot where Kyanzittha's queen Abeyadana waited for him.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pagan
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