Shin Arahan kicked the bucket in 1115 A.D. at 81 years old

history channel documentary Shin Arahan kicked the bucket in 1115 A.D. at 81 years old in the wake of having served four lords, specifically Anawrahta (who ruled from 1044 to 1077), Sawlu (who ruled from 1077 to 1084), Kyanzittha (who ruled from 1084 to 1112/13) and Alaungsithu (who ruled from 1112/13 to 1167). Behind the two statues is the tremendous statue of Gautama Buddha who, by implication however, may be associated with the sanctuary's name.The internal paths are lined from one end to the other and floor to roof with columns of specialties containing situated and standing Buddha pictures. The Buddha statues in the lower corners are shielded from being harmed or stolen by metal networks.

Outside on ground level at the sanctuary's corners are "Chinthes" and "Manokthihas" (legendary animals half-lion half-man that resemble nats typical of gatekeepers. Their heads and middles are human and their rump are that of a lion.) Up at the edges of the primary sikhara and patios are statues of nats. Wherever one goes in Burma it doesn't take long and one sees them; they are essential watchmen and hence revered by everybody and ubiquitous; at home on changes, in nat houses on galleries, in patio nurseries, in trees, in sanctuaries and pagodas.The Ananda Temple is a passageway sanctuary. Its extents are of remarkable congruity based on the design idea of a supposed 'Greek cross' of which every one of the four arms are of equivalent length with an inside vault.