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Sunrise on the pagodas of Bagan. - Myanmar


Sunrise on the pagodas of Bagan. - Myanmar

Sunrise on the pagodas of Bagan.
The site of Bagan dates the XI century and has up to 5000 pagodas.
The advent of king Bamar Anawratha in 1044 marks the beginning of the size of Bagan. The site
has some of the most remarkable pagodas of the whole Burma and all
Asia: Shwezigon, and especially Ananda. Bagan develop quickly under the Anawratha king's impulse
and became one of the main center of the Theravada Buddhism .

Plain of Bagan - Myanmar (Burma)

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