Nyaung Ohak - temple ruins across the river from Indein |
Crumbling ruins of stupas only recentlly freed from the jungle |
I would have preferred if the jungle were merely trimmed back rather than removed... |
Ruin of a headless Buddha in a stupa, Nyaung Ohak |
This site would be better if it was left in a more natural state like Ta Prohm at Angkor |
Buddha at Nyaung Ohak |
A tree has totally embedded itself inside this stupa |
Ruins of Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak translates as "Group of Banyan Trees" |
Old woman passing a ruined stupa, Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
One of the better temples at Nyaung Ohak |
Stupa embedded with roots of a tree |
...they should have left the tree alone... |
Partially ruined Buddha statue, Nyaung Ohak |
Temple ruins, Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha statue, Nyaung Ohak |
Stupa with a hole bored into it |
Tree growing out the top of a stupa, Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
I would guess these date from the same period as the temples of Bagan - 11th to 13th Century |
Pagoda with some of the original plaster covering the brick |
Ornate stucco doorway to a Nyaung Ohak pagoda |
Peacocks over a temple entrance, Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Ornate stupas, Nyaung Ohak |
These must have been an amazing place when the jungle still engulfed the temples |
Decorative stucco pagoda entrance |
Nyaung Ohak |
Large temple at Nyaung Ohak |
This temple with three entrances appeared to be the largest at Nyaung Ohak |
I'm so glad these were left in place and not carted off to the British Museum |
Temple doorway sculpture, Nyaung Ohak |
Mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Cracked mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Mural, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculpture on the large temple at Nyaung Ohak |
The sculpture is in surprisingly good condition |
Temple ruins of Nyaung Ohak |
Temple ruins of Nyaung Ohak |
The large temple of Nyaung Ohak |
The nearby forest of stupas at She Inn Thein |
The head of the Buddha has surprisingly not been carried off |
Me at Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Blackened Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Blacked Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Tree engulfing a stupa, Nyaung Ohak |
Ruins of a Chinthe (guardian lion), Nyaung Ohak |
Tree growing on a stupa, Nyaung Ohak |
The tree looks something like a Strangler Fig |
Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculpture ruins, Nyaung Ohak |
Ruins, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculptural detail, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculpture flanking a temple entrance, Nyaung Ohak |
Ornate stupa with sculptures, Nyaung Ohak |
Headless Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Narrow temple entrance, Nyaung Ohak |
Door guardian, Nyaung Ohak |
Dennis at Nyaung Ohak |
Nyaung Ohak |
Guardian figures, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculpture, Nyaung Ohak |
Ruins of Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha on an elephant throne |
Throne made of three elephants, Nyaung Ohak |
Temple entrance, Nyaung Ohak |
Fragment of a head, Nyaung Ohak |
Buddha with his face in his hand |
Ruins of an elephant, Nyaung Ohak |
Sculpture, Nyaung Ohak |
Temple niche, Nyaung Ohak |
Door guardian, Nyaung Ohak |
Door guardian, Nyaung Ohak |
Temple niche with a small window |
Buddha, Nyaung Ohak |
Dennis among the impressive ruins of Nyaung Ohak |