| Type of monument |
: Type III Temple (Kundaung Pauk Gu) |
| Location |
: Southeast of Thiripyitsaya Village |
| Region |
: Thiripyitsaya |
| Built by |
: Unknown |
| Date |
: 13th Century |
| Monument Number |
: 997 |
Kyaunggyi Ama Temple is one large temple in
Thiripyitsaya region. It is a two-storey building with a square
base and a stupa on top. Kyaunggyi Ama means "the elder sister
of the great temple".
This temple consists of an entrance
hall leading to an inner hall. Some ruins of a large sitting Buddha Image
lies inside the inner hall of the temple. As usual, there are wall paintings of
the 550 jatakas of the lives of Buddha. There are also Myanmar
and Pali ink inscriptions on the wall. Some of the stuccos can
still be seen. Nearby is another similar temple known as
Kyaunggyi Nyima.
Some archeologists assume that Kyaunggyi Ama
and Kyaunggyi Nyima temples were built by two sisters of the
Bagan Period.
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