Old drawing of temple Ananda, Pagan, Myanmar (Birma)

• Drawing is from a book of the "Department of architecture" from Rangoon institute of technology for most likely the purpose of restauration.
• Click at the link for more information about the temple:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Temple

• The Ananda Temple is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD. It is one of the most well preserved structures of the Mon architecture. It is also known as the finest and most revered among all temples in Bagan.The legend says that there were 8 monks (or saints) who appeared to the king Kyanzittha asking for alms and telling him about the Nandamula Cave in the Himalayas and also giving the King a graphical representation of the place.

  The king was fascinated and asked the monks a unique temple to be constructed in the middle of Bagan plains, plus it should offer a good temperature inside. The monks accepted the request and after the completion of the temple, to ensure there will be no other place with the same structure, the king ordered the execution of the monks.

  With a structure of a simple corridor, the temple was built in a perfect cross shape design with four devotional halls, each on one side, facing the four cardinal points, north, south, east and west with a main hall in the center.

• Bagan was the first capital of the unified empire of Anawratha and was founded in the year 849. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in Asia and has been classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. A walk among its ruins and temples and a panoramic visit from the top of one of them is impressive to appreciate the magnitude of the place.

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