Best places: Buddhist temples in Chauk, Myanmar

Huge, stately Buddhist temple built in 1105, with notable architecture, sculptures & paintings.

Imposing temple built in the 12th century, featuring shrines, Buddha statues & walkways.

Towering 12th-century Buddhist temple, 60 m. tall, with ornate details & receding terraces.

Built in 1057 AD, the Buddhist pagoda's 5 terraces are used as viewing decks for sunset & sunrise.

Stately, 12th-century stone Buddhist temple with scenic views, elaborate carvings & statues.

Buddhist temple dating to 1067, with 3 seated Buddha figures & an enormous reclining Buddha statue.

Small, ancient temple, partially in ruins, with vendor stalls nearby. Photography prohibited.

Large Buddhist temple dating to the 12th century, with a towering pagoda & 4 golden Buddha statues.

😐 This temple is located near sulamuni temple and then it is the largest statue of Buddha in Bagan.I used to be able to watch the sunset from the upper deck, but now the upper deck is closed.

Small, 12th-century Buddhist temple complex with ancient inscriptions & scenic views.

👍👍 Large temple and very nice location for photograph.

👍👍 From the 9th to the 13th century AD, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom to include the territories that would later form modern Myanmar. During the height of the kingdom between the 11th and 13th centuries AD, 4,446 Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monasteries were built...

👍👍 Awesome place to take photos.

😐 It is an Old monestary and now converted in to Museum, but there is nothing much to see here other than this building it self !! And there is an entrance fee of 5000 kyats !! And it is really over priced ! No need to visit this unless you are out of places

👍 If you come to Bagan, you should visit this place. A quiet place and good scene for photo taking. It is an old monastery with a large area, and its structure is different from other temples.

😐 Named after the king who built this two story temple, its renowned for its murals. However a lot were lost with plaster damage during the earthquake. There is now a much-needed project to restore and protect these treasures.

👍 We were lured here by a local who rode up to us while we were riding to another temple to view the sunrise claiming that he knows of secluded off-the-track temples where we can climb.. but turns out to be not so secluded at all. To his credit, the view is pretty nice. -1 star for crowd. To add on...

👍👍 The " Seinnyet Sisters" - the Ama ( Elder Sister) a temple, and the Nyima (Younger Sister) a pagoda- stand together in a brick enclosure.The Seinnyet Ama is said by tradition to have been built by the Seinyet Queen in the 11th century, but stylistically it belongs to the 13th century. The temple has...