This vast sacred landscape is one of the largest concentrations of Buddhist temples anywhere in the world. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2019, Bagan is the legacy of a complex ...

Bagan is more than a travel destination — it’s a living monument to a glorious past, where over 2,000 ancient temples, pagodas, and stupas rise from the plains of central Myanmar in haunting ...

Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan built more than 10,000 magnificent religious monuments. The stupas, temples and monasteries became the defining emblems of Bagan ...

A land trip from Yangon to Bagan takes about 10 to 15 hours. Several huge, golden pagodas stand majestically in stark contrast to the dark early-morning sky. Other pagodas, temples and stupas of ...

A balloon dips behind the Sulamani temple in the Bagan Archaeological Zone. String puppets are popular in Myanmar. Throughout the country, many women and children wear a milky-white makeup made ...

But, still, dark, barefoot (no shoes allowed on the temples), steep and yours truly ... take a breath and look out into the distance: This is Bagan, capital of a powerful kingdom in medieval ...

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Take for instance the Dhammayangyi Temple, the largest remaining temple in Bagan. It echoes a gruesome past. King Narathu built the temple to repent for murdering his father, brother and a wife.

Behind the temple ruins of this ancient Myanmar city, lie tales of drama and inspiration Over 2,200 Buddhist ruins vie for attention in the fields of Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan. Each seems to ...