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Pagodas are
present everywhere in South East Asian Countries with
mainly Buddhist religion.;
in cities and towns, villages and
hamlets, on the banks and sometimes right in rivers and
seas, perched atop hills and mountains, in forests and
glades, beside highways and byways, gleaming golden or
glinting white in the sunlight and symbolizing the firm
faith in Buddhism.
Pagoda or Stupas
are solid structures, the layout is usually square or
five sided. Enshrined
in a pagoda are sacred relics or a particular potent image or
figure of the Buddha, scriptures and
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The
pagoda structure is terraced, three or five times, with a bell
shaped top. The terraces
of pagodas indicate the slopes of the cosmic mountain Mt. Meru, the abode of Hindu gods. The stupa is a
symbol of the Buddha and naturally
functions as a protective structure
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The temple layout has its origins in the caves used by
Buddhists of the very early days in
India, the Burmese word is gu, or
cave.
The hollow structure
of a temple allows the visitor to
enter. With the time and the
emergence of different
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building techniques the layout of
Buddhist temples grew more sophisticated
spreading out into chambers and passageways. |
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Old
Pagodas and Temples Ananda Temple
Bagan Myanmar - Burma
The Htukkant Temple, Mraunk U,
Myanmar, Burma, Birma
Htukkant and Shitethaung Temple in
Mraunk U, Rakhine State, Myanmar,
Burma, Birma, northern Myanmar near
Bangladesh
A more modern Temple, Chalong Temple,
Phuket, Thailand
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For more
pls. go to
www.thailandsouthern.com and
www.allmyanmar.com
Powuntaung Cave
Pagodas, near Monywa, Myanmar, Burma
A Portuguese
church from the 18 century in Siriam near Yangon.
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The "Mother" of all Pagodas the
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar,
Burma, Birma
Pagoda in Bagan Myanmar, Burma,
Birma
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan, Myanmar,
Burma, Birma
A small pagoda in northern Myanmar
The Kaung Hmu Daw Pagoda, Sagaing,
Myanmar, Burma
Balloons
over Pagodas and Temples in Bagan
Myanmar, Burma
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