Picture of Smaller stupa of Mount Popa (Mount Popa, Myanmar (Burma))

One of the many smaller stupas on Mount Popa

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Sticking out of the surrounding landscape, Mount Popa is an extinct volcano, with the most important spirit worship of Myanmar.
While approaching the area, you suddenly see an odd shape sticking out of the landscape. There can be no mistake, that is Mount Popa, which can be visited on the long way from Bagan to Inle Lake, or separately of course. It is the foremost place of worship for so-called nat, or spirits, in Buddhist Myanmar. There is a small village at the foot of Mount Popa, which looks attractive from a distance, but has grown into a string of shops and restaurant for visiting worshippers. In fact, walking up the stairs to the top of the mountain, the shops continue.
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