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Description: | Photograph of the Bell Pagoda near Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar) from the Sladen Collection, taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. This is a view looking towards the entrance of the pagoda, which is built in the form of a bell-shaped stupa or zedi. The dome, or anda, is ringed with lotus petals and crowned with an umbrella or hti and a flag-like vane. The entrance is flanked by giant chinthes or leogryphs, mythical lions who are the guardians of Burmese temples. In front of each chinthe is a bilu, or Burmese ogre, who also functions as a guardian figure. On either side of the temple is a dagun-daing, a tall prayer-post, traditionally decorated with a hintha bird and a long streamer. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Jackson, J. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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