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PMR-D0926 Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: the hulk of Mingun Paya, started by King Bodawpaya in 1790 using a labour force of thousands of slaves. If it had been completed, it would have been 150 metres high (three times the present height) and the world's largest paya. It was abandoned in 1819 when the king died, and was later riven by the earthquake in 1838. Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Upload Date: 2013-02-18 11:31:58
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Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: the hulk of Mingun Paya, started by

King Bodawpaya in 1790 using a labour force of thousands of slaves. If it had been completed, it would have been 150 metres high (three times the present height) and the world's largest paya. It was abandoned in 1819 when the king died, and was later riven by the earthquake in 1838.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma