Sunday, March 13, 2016

BAGAN: MOUNT POPA; POPA TAUNG KALAT home of the Nat Spirits

Monastery at the top of a sheer sided volanic plug
Mayanmars most revered center for Nat worship
people come to pray to the Mother Spirit shrine at the foot of the hill
Nats are nature spirits. their veneration in Burma predates Buddism which arrived in third centure BC














Queen of the Nat Spirits

789 steep steps to the top




covered stairway






gifts for the buddah



a horse at the top


temple cats




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