Golden Palace Monastery (Shwenandaw Kyaung) Mandalay

Mandalay , Myanmar
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    Architectural building, Religious site

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    A cool time at Pyin Oo Lwin

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    First off today was Kuthodaw Pagoda which
    claims to house the largest book of Buddhist scripture. A past ruler was
    concerned that the Buddhist scriptures previously written on palm leaves would
    be lost, so he had the scriptures engraved into stone tablets each of which are
    housed in their own pogoda surrounding a larger …

Related BlogsGolden Palace Monastery (Shwenandaw Kyaung) Mandalay

  • 1

    Moustache Brothers of Mandalay

    53 photos

    ... 's teachings all housed in separate mini white stupas with golden peaks. Visiting more stupas after pagodas led us to the Golden Palace Monastery which stood out for its intricate dark wooden carvings of deities and designs on all the doors, walls and ...

  • 2

    On the Irrawaddy

    37 photos

    ... world's largest book at Kuthodaw Pagoda-the entire Buddhist scriptures on 729 marble slabs; the magnificent wooden Shwenandaw or Golden Palace Monastery, dating back to 1879 and built with teak from the former royal palace and Mahamuni Paya, the cities ...

  • 3

    about Myanmar Trip

    ... Pagoda, Myanmar traditional handicraft workshops: marble works and wood carvings, gold-leaf making and tapestry works, Shwe Kyaung (Golden Palace) Monastery, Atumashi (incomparable) Monastery, Kuthotaw Pagoda, a large Buddha Image carved out of a single ...

  • 4

    Mandalay

    15 photos

    ... as the world's biggest book for its stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures. Afternoon Visit to:  Mandalay Royal Palace Shwenandaw (Golden Palace) Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood carving and Mandalay Hill , a vantage point for panoramic view of ...

  • 5

    Jam-Packed Mandalay

    65 photos

    ... lunch and coincidentally ran into Matt's friend, Gene. He's an acupuncturist from San Francisco and comes to Myanmar every year to volunteer at a monastery for about a week. He teaches the monks there about acupuncture. We headed to the gold leaf market ...

  • 6

    Mandalay Marathon

    ... , so with little time to spare we parted ways, jumped into a taxi and hurried over to Mandalay Hill. There we saw the Shwenandaw Kyaung - Golden Palace Monastery, built entirely out of teak (boring), the Kuthodaw Paya - dubbed the 'worlds biggest book', ...