Nat Hlaung Kyaung Temple
The Nat Hlaung Kyaung Temple ( Burmese နတ် လှောင် ကျောင်း ; pronounced: [naʔl̥àʊɴ tɕáʊn], also Nathlakyaung ) is the only Hindu temple in Bagan , Myanmar . He stands near the Thatbinnyu Temple .
history
It was built in 931 under King Taungthugyi .
description
All that remains of the temple is the central hall, the originally existing gallery has completely disappeared. On the pillar in the middle of the hall there are unfortunately only poorly reconstructed images of the god Vishnu , to whom the temple was probably dedicated. In the niches of the outer walls there were portraits of the ten avatars of Vishnu, including a statue of Buddha Gautama.
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. 314.
- Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ). Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 226.
- 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. 225.
- 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 , Fig. 12.
Web links
Commons : Nat Hlaung Kyaung - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 21 ° 10 ′ 8 ″ N , 94 ° 51 ′ 46 ″ E