The Tharabar Gate
Tharabar is derived from the Pali term “Sarabhanga”
meaning “Shield Against Arrows.”
This gateway is what remains of the royal city of Bagan
founded by King Pyinbya in A.D 9th century, Of the
walls of the fourth City of Bagan that the king built
in A.D 849.
The fourth City of Bagan
- There are twelve gates around the city wall.
- The western and the north western parts have been totally
washed away by the river.
- Only this eastern gateway is left.
It’s main gate of Old Bagan City
Although most of the structure is in ruins now.
Stucco carvings of ogre clutching garlands and chaplets
of pearls can be discerned
on its upper reaches.
There is a masonry shrine of quite massive proportions
on each side of the gateway.
One commemorating the Lord of the Gate Mountain and
the other his Sister.
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THE THARABAR GATE
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This gateway is
what remains of the royal city of Bagan
founded by King Pyinbya in A.D 9th century
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