A giant guardian lion outside Mingun, north of Mandalay. About 10 years ago an angry army general ordered both of them blown up and this is what remains.
The Maha Myat Muni Pagoda in Mandalay.
The tops of the stele's housing the Nanmyaebonthar Sannandawya Sandamuni.
Nanmyaebonthar Sannandawya Sandamuni Pagoda, AKA The Worlds Largest Book, with 1772 stone tablets inscribed with the entire Buddhist spiritual text. This is a view down through a bunch of the stele's housing the tablets.
Sculpture on the grounds of Shwedagon Pagoda.
A giant guardian lion outside Mingun, north of Mandalay. About 10 years ago an angry army general ordered both of them blown up and this is what remains.
The Maha Myat Muni Pagoda in Mandalay.
The tops of the stele's housing the Nanmyaebonthar Sannandawya Sandamuni.
Nanmyaebonthar Sannandawya Sandamuni Pagoda, AKA The Worlds Largest Book, with 1772 stone tablets inscribed with the entire Buddhist spiritual text. This is a view down through a bunch of the stele's housing the tablets.
Sculpture on the grounds of Shwedagon Pagoda.
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