TheSulamani Temple (Burmese:စူဠာမဏိဘုရား,pronounced[sùlàmənḭpʰəjá]) is aBuddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest ofBagan) inMyanmar. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan.
It was built in 1183 by KingNarapatisithu,[1]: 178 and is similar to theThatbyinnyu Temple in design. The Sulamani Temple also shows influence from theDhammayangyi Temple, and was the model for theHtilominlo Temple. Sulamani Temple was restored after the1975 earthquake, and utilises brick and stone, with frescoes in the interior of the temple. It was rebuilt in 1994.
TheZamani Project from theUniversity of Cape Town, South Africa, offered its services towards the spatial documentation of monuments in Bagan in response to the destruction of monuments by anearthquake in August 2016. After reconnaissance visit to Bagan and a subsequent meeting at theUNESCO offices in Bangkok in February 2017, the Zamani Project documented the Sula-mani-gu-hpaya (Sulamani) Temple, during a field campaign in March 2017.[2]
During another 2 field campaigns between 2017 and 2018, the Zamani Project spatially documented further 11 monuments in Bagan,[3][4] including Kyauk-ku-umin (154); Kubyauk-gyi (Gubyaukgyi) (298), Tha-peik-hmauk-gu-hpaya (744); Monument 1053; Sein-nyet-ama (1085); Sein-nyet-nyima (1086); Naga-yon-hpaya (1192); Loka-ok-shaung (1467); Than-daw-kya (1592); Ananda Monastery; and the City Gate of old Bagan (Tharabha Gate).
Textured 3D models, panorama tours, elevations, sections and plans of some of those structures are available onwww.zamaniproject.org.
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