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Htilominlo Phaya
is a three-storey, 46 meter high,
Buddhist temple in
Bagan,
built by the
Pagan
King
Zeya Theinkha Uzana and
constructed at the spot where
the latter was chosen from among five brothers to become
the Crown Prince. |
This brick edifice is built in
the
jaturamuk
style, with four entrances, one for
each direction, and with each entrance hall housing a gilded
Buddha image
seated in the
bhumisparsa
pose. |
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Two
of those statues are in Burmese style and two in
Mon
style,
of which the latter two are represented less attractive
and using incorrect proportions, with a body that seems
too wide for the rather small and at the top squarish
head, which sits on the torso with a very short or even
with no apparent neck. |
These four Buddha statues represent the four
buddhas
of the present world cycle or
yuga,
known as
Kali, and
who have already attained
Enlightenment.
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