Flower peddler and girl with traditional painted face |
Flower seller with her cute daughter, Mandalay |
Dennis with flowers |
Southern gate to Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya - home of the "World's Biggest Book" - Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya entrance, Mandalay |
"The World's Biggest Book" are 729 carved marble slabs housed in these stupas at Kuthodaw Paya |
Stupas housing the 729 marble slabs recording the Tripitaka - 15 volumes of Bhuddist scripture |
Kuthodaw Paya was built in 1857 by King Mindon |
Some of the 729 stupas housing the marble slabs of the Tripitaka, Mandalay |
ကုသိုလ်တော်ဘုရား |
One of the 729 marble slabs of the Tripitaka |
Marble slab with Buddhist scripture |
The text appears to be written in the Burmese language |
Detail of the text written on one of the slabs of the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Mirrored entrance corridor leading to the center of Kuthodaw Paya |
Detail of the mosaic mirror-work along the corridor |
Covered walkway leading to the main temple at Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Painting from the late Konbaung period along the corridor, Kuthodaw Paya |
Principle stupa - Kuthodaw Paya |
Kuthodaw means "Royal Merit" |
Kuthodaw Paya's 57m golden stupa, Mandalay |
The Tripitaka is the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism |
ကုသိုလ်တော်ဘုရား |
Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay |
Principle Buddha image at Kuthodaw Paya |
Dennis handing over his flowers to Buddha |
Model of Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Buddha of Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
The main stupa (zedi) of Kuthodaw Paya, modeled after the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan |
The zedi of Kuthodaw Paya was built 1860-1862 |
Golden stupa of Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Golden stupa of Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya suffered greatly from looting during the British military occupation 1885-1890 |
Golden stupa of Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Kuthodaw Paya, Mandalay |
Just outside the gate of Kuthodaw Paya |
Mindon Min, King of Burma 1853-1878, founder of Mandalay, builder of Kuthodaw Paya |
Gate between Kuthodaw Paya and Sandamani Paya a short distance to the west |
The 1774 stupas of Sandamani Paya house marble slabs inscribed with the Teachings of the Buddha |
The Teachings of the Buddha consist of Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma commentaries |
Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Sandamani Paya was built as a memorial to Prince Kanaung, brother of King Mindon, who was assassinated in 1866 |
The 1774 marble slabs at Sandamani Paya were erected by Ukhan Ti the Hermit in 1913 |
Marble slabs of Teachings of the Buddha |
Forest of white stupas, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Forest of white stupas, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Forest of white stupas, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Forest of white stupas, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Covered walkway leading to the central stupa, Sandamani Paya |
Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Mandalay Hill rising behind Sandamani Paya |
Dennis at Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Zedi, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Main stupa of Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Main stupa of Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
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Zedi, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Temple roof, Sandamani Paya |
Principle Buddha image at Sandamani Paya |
Stupas housing marble slabs of Buddhist commentary, Sandamani Paya, Mandalay |
Sandamani Paya |