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PMR-D0934
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: the ferryboat, waiting to return to Mandalay, about 1-hour away on the Ayeyarwady River.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0933
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: recently completed Molmi Paya, built in memory of monk Molmi Sayadaw, who appears in the Guiness Book of Records for reciting scriptures.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0932
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: the Mingun Bell, cast in 1808 to go in the unfinished Mingun Paya, it weighs 90 tonnes, making it the largest HUNG AND UNCRACKED bell in the world.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0931
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: a newly opened old people's home paid for by charitable gifts.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0930
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: Hsinbyume Paya in Mingun, built by King Bagyidaw in 1816 as a representation of the Sulamani Paya, which stands atop Mt. Meru. The seven whitewashed wavy terraces around the stupa, represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt. Meru.
Scafolding in place for repairs to the upper part.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0929
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: view of the ruin of Mingun Paya from the terrace of the Hsinbyume Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0928
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: Hsinbyume Paya in Mingun, built by King Bagyidaw in 1816 as a representation of the Sulamani Paya, which stands atop Mt. Meru. The seven whitewashed wavy terraces around the stupa, represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt. Meru.
Scafolding in place for repairs to the upper part.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0927
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: old, unidentified paya, in need of restoration.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

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

PMR-D0925
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: Young Burmese schoolboy.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0924
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: Pretty Burmese girl with a fan and the traditional "thanakha" (sun screen/make-up) on her face.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0923
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: Pretty Burmese girl with a fan and the traditional "thanakha" (sunscreen/make-up) on her face.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0922
Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: ox carts collect visitors from the boats at the landing stage.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0921
Myanmar, Mandalay: barge, laden with timber, on the Ayeyarwady River.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0920
Myanmar, Mandalay: roadside stall serving breakfasts near the jetty on the Ayeyarwady River.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0918
Myanmar, Mandalay, Sagaing: Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw Paya, 46 metres high, built between 1636-48 in the reign of King Thalun, and modelled on the Ruwanwelisaya Pagoda in Sri Lanka. Until recently it was always painted white like the original. Picture shows some of the 812 stone lanterns, each of which contains a candle, surrounding the pagoda.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0917
Myanmar, Mandalay, Sagaing: Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw Paya, 46 metres high, built between 1636-48 in the reign of King Thalun, and modelled on the Ruwanwelisaya Pagoda in Sri Lanka. Until recently it was always painted white like the original.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0916
Myanmar, Mandalay, Sagaing: approach to Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw Paya, 46 metres high, built between 1636-48 in the reign of King Thalun, and modelled on the Ruwanwelisaya Pagoda in Sri Lanka. Until recently it was always painted white like the original. Two chinthes guard the road.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0915
Myanmar, Mandalay, Sagaing: approach to Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw Paya, 46 metres high, built between 1636-48 in the reign of King Thalun, and modelled on the Ruwanwelisaya Pagoda in Sri Lanka. Until recently it was always painted white like the original.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

PMR-D0914
Myanmar, Mandalay, Sagaing: the giant sitting Buddha in Soon U Ponya Shin Shrine on Sagaing Hill, 240 metres high.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma

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