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This picture shows Sandamani Paya: golden stupa and white stupas pointing to the sky. It was taken on a travel to Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia. It is one of the 6595 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Mandalay. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world!

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Golden stupa with white pinnacles of smaller stupas

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Mandalay has a name with a special ring to it. Apart from being the last royal capital, it is a good base to explore the other surrounding ex-capitals of Myanmar.
A great way to explore the city is by bicycle, joining the many Burmese who use the same. The first day in Mandalay, we cycled south, and worked our way up. We visited the Mahamuni Paya, a most worshipped Buddhist site. Centrepiece is a very old, some say dating from 554BCE, Buddha image, that is constantly being covered by gold. Only men are allowed up, I was invited up and could put some gold-leafed paper on the surface. Early morning, monks even brush his teeth. On three sides around the statue, worshippers were in prayer. We moved on to Shwe In Bin Kyaung, also called the teak monastery. A very quiet place, and beautifully constructed out of teak, the only downside is that the wood is awfully hot under your bare feet, forcing you to sprint over the sunny parts.
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