Category: Deities, Nats & Buddhism in Burma

Taungkalat Monastery | Mount Popa | Home to Nats and Spirits

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Taungkalat Monastery, Mount Popa, Home to Nats and Spirits is primarily a pilgrimage sight and abode to the images of the thirty seven Nat spirits of Burmese legend and folklore. The monastery sits on top of a rocky pointed remnant … Read More

Buddhist Deities Hayagriva | Visnu

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Buddhist Deities such as the Hayagriva and Visnu are depicted in Burmese wall murals in the temples of Pagan and Mrauk-U. Buddhist iconography excavated in Burma in the form of bronze castings of the Buddha, and deities generally associated with … Read More