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Remembering Bagan

Bagan, an ancient city in Myanmar dates back to the 9th century. Over 10,000 Buddhist pagodas were constructed here in the 11th century, of which 200 survived to the present day. Unfortunately, the earthquake on 25th August 2016 is reported to have damaged over 200 of them.

 

In this series, I remember my visit to the region in the year 2012. We perched ourselves atop Myengon Pagoda and patiently waited for dawn to break.

 

I hope these sea of pagodas have survived the earthquake.

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

 

Sunrise at Bagan (Myanmar) from Myengon Pagoda

Photo : Sunrise over pagodas in Bagan

Comments(4)

  1. Reply
    divjot says:

    Loved all pics…how did u create the effect on 2nd pic??

  2. Reply
    Ajay Tripathi says:

    Great photographs of great piece of history. Some of them have been reported damaged due to earthquake having survived more than 1000 years! Location chosen for clicking them is interesting

  3. Reply
    Bahadur Singh says:

    Amardeep Singh ji, really stunning photographs along with history. Nice work. you are always my motivation.
    i have already told to my father about your work “Lost Heritage” and he is really impressed.

  4. Reply
    kishore kumar biswas says:

    At the dawn the sun appears slowly with its treasure of gold in the horizon. It sprinkles it on the earth with joy . The sprinkling adore the tall things on the earth with glow .
    Here Amardeep Singh ji presents that golden magic of morning sun through his hypnotizing snaps.
    He knows to put souls in the pictures .
    Regards to him and thanks for sharing it with us all.

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