They are connected by low and narrow passages in front of the window by which light is admitted and further intersected by four large corridors into which access is obtained through the porticoes.
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The interior consists of two vaulted and high but narrow corridors running parallel to each other along the four sides of the temple. The gilded htee (umbrella) caps the whole at a height of 168 feet above the ground: The lower half of this spire is in the form of a mitre-like pyramid adapted from the temples of India the upper half is the same moulded taper pinnacle that terminates the common bellshaped pagodas of Bagan. Above this rise successively diminishing terraces, the last of which just affording breadth for the spire which crowns and completes the edifice. These vestibules are somewhat lower than the main mass of the building, which elevates itself to a height of 35 feet in two tiers of windows. It is in plan a square of nearly 200 feet to the side and broken on each side by the projection of large gabled vestibules, which convert the plan into a perfect Greek cross. Hence the name Ananda, which changed later to Ananda, the name of Buddha cousin. This temple symbolizes the endless wisdom (Ananta Panna) of the Buddha just as the Thatbyinnyu symbolizes the omniscience of the Tathagata. Tradition says that it was built according to the plan furnished by Indian Buddhist monks, which purported to be their cave-temple in the Nandamula mountain held to be in the Himalayas. 146 History of Ananda Pagodaīuilt by Kyanzittha in 1091 A.D., it is one of the finest and most venerated temples at Bagan. Style: End of early bagan period Mon & North Indian influence Single storey structer