Nyaung Ohak

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
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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