Ananda Pahto Temple
The Ananda Temple, located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty. The temple layout is cruciform with several terraces leading to a small pagoda at the top covered by an umbrella known as hti, which is the name of the umbrella or top ornament found in almost all pagodas in Myanmar.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar
- Also known as: “Ananda Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tharaba Gate and Thatbyinnyu Temple.
Tharaba Gate
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tharabha Gate is the only surviving gate of Bagan. The gate is located to the east of the old city. Although the Burmese chronicles assert that the city of Bagan was fortified in 849 CE, radiocarbon dating of evidence dates the foundation of the main walls to c. Tharaba Gate is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Ananda Pahto Temple.
Thatbyinnyu Temple
Buddhist temple
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: amanderson2, CC BY 2.0.
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple; is a Hindu temple located within the ancient city walls of Bagan, Myanmar. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and is the only remaining Hindu temple in the Bagan archaeological zone. Nathlaung Kyaung Temple is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Ananda Pahto Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagan.
Bagan
Photo: Zaidush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagan is an area and archaeological site in the Central region of Myanmar, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ananda Pahto Temple
- Categories: tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nyaung-U Township, Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.17083° or 21° 10′ 15″ northLongitude
94.86769° or 94° 52′ 4″ eastOpen location code
7MHP5VC9+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 220214181OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q485727
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Uzbek—“Ananda Pahto Temple” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အာနန္ဒာဘုရား”
- Catalan: “temple d’Ananda”
- Catalan: “Temple d’Ananda”
- Chinese: “阿难陀寺”
- Dutch: “Ananda Temple”
- Finnish: “Ananda-temppeli”
- Finnish: “Anandan temppeli”
- French: “temple de l’Ananda”
- French: “Temple de l’Ananda”
- German: “Ananda-Tempel”
- Hebrew: “מקדש אננדה”
- Hindi: “आनन्द मन्दिर”
- Indonesian: “Candi Ananda”
- Italian: “Tempio di Ananda”
- Japanese: “アーナンダ寺院”
- Kannada: “ಆನಂದ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
- Portuguese: “Ananda (templo)”
- Portuguese: “Ananda”
- Russian: “Ананда”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ananda (hram)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Ananda”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj Ananda”
- Spanish: “Templo Ananda”
- Tamil: “ஆனந்தா கோவில்”
- Thai: “วัดอนันดา”
- Thai: “วัดอานนท์”
- Thai: “อานานดาพะย่า”
- Uzbek: “Ananda (ibodatxona)”
- Uzbek: “Ananda”
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