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Although not on the same scale as Angkor Wat, Dhammayangyi is a huge temple. In fact it is the biggest in Bagan, known as a city of two thousand or so temples. And if the sheer size of the Dhammayangyi Temple wasn’t enough to catch your eye, the brilliant red brickwork will do the trick. The building, shaped in the classic pyramid temple form, stands out for its exceptional masonwork.<\/p>\n
And there is a reason for that. As the tourist books and entrepreneurial child guides will tell you, King Narathu had an overbearing management style and accepted only the best quality of work from his bricklayers. Legend has it that if the spacing between two bricks was larger than a pin or a needle, the worker would be killed. Talk about a high pressure job. Fortunately for the mason union, the king himself was murdered before the temple was finished.<\/p>\n
When I visited, several parts of the temple were closed off, but the large dark hallways were enough to give a sense of the size. Besides, I think Dhammayangyi is best appreciated from the outside looking in.<\/p>\n
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