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  Kyauk Sa Ga Gyi Phaya

 

Myanmar

Kyauk Sa Ga Gyi Phaya is an ancient temple in Bagan, adjacent to the Lawkananda Monastery, which is located opposite of the Lawkananda Zedi (fig.).

 

It consists of an inner shrine with an northern portico and houses a large Buddha image seated in the maravijaya or bhumisparsa pose.

 

  Kyauk Sa Ga Gyi Phaya

 

  Kyauk Sa Ga Gyi Phaya

 

The brick image is surrounded by an ambulatory, i.e. an outer hallway that forms a continuous passage way around the sanctum.

 

The inner sanctum can be accessed from this ambulatory through a doorway on either side of the Buddha image.

 

  Kyauk Sa Ga Gyi Phaya

 

The inner walls of the ambulatory have small niches with Buddha images and other religious statues, whereas the outer walls of the hallway, which also make up the temple's main outer walls, have some lattice-style perforated stone windows that, while allowing sunlight in, at the same time keep out most of the daytime's heat. At the top of the temple is a sikhara-style tower.

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