Nandamannya Temple
The Nandamannya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bagan , Myanmar ; he is near the village of Minnanthu .
history
It was built in 1284 under King Kyaswa .
description
The relatively small temple has a square floor plan, four similarly designed sides and a stupa to top it off. Parts of the stucco building decoration have been preserved on the outer walls.
The interior, with its cross-shaped floor plan, contains valuable paintings from the time the temple was built; Among other things, the eight main scenes from the life of Buddha, animal mythical creatures from the army of the Mara and genre scenes such as “the exodus of the king” or “procession of women” are shown. There are also four large compositions with a seated Buddha, framed by the silhouette of a typical Pagan temple and surrounded by nats and human figures.
Individual evidence
literature
- Johanna Dittmar: Thailand and Burma. Temples and royal cities between the Mekong and the Indian Ocean (= DuMont documents. Art travel guide. ). 3. Edition. DuMont, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1206-7 , p. 295.
- Andrea Markand, Markus Markand, Martin H. Petrich, Volker Klinkmüller: Myanmar. (Burma) (= Stefan Loose Travel Manuals. ). 2nd completely revised edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 236.
- Nina Oshegowa, Sergej Oshegow: Art in Burma. 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture under the sign of Buddhism and animism. VEB EA Seemann, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-363-00054-5 , pp. 101-105 and Fig. 56-59.
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