Kuthodaw Paya Mandalay

... backing paper - it was like making smoked salmon sandwiches as no piece was wasted. We got talking to 2 lovely young monks at Kuthodaw Paya. They asked us the best way to learn english and wanted us to explain what 'gonna' meant in songs they'd heard ...

... while wearing a longyi, which was helpful. I saw some beautiful payas and monasteries, the most memorable of which was Kuthodaw Paya. It's called "the world's largest book," because the entire Buddhist canon is inscribed on 729 marble slabs which are ...

... waren fuer den Transport vom Kanal bis zum entgueltigen Standort 10.000 Mann und 13 Arbeitstage notwendig. Kuthodaw Paya Am Fusse des Mandalay Hills, oft als groesstes Buch der Welt bezeichnet, stehen hier 729 Marmortafeln, jeweils ueberdacht mit ...

... The gold leaf cost 50p for a few sheets.             We also visited Kuthodaw Paya which has 729 marble slabs of Budda readings and the teak monastery, before climbing Mandalay hill for the sunset. ...

... 1774 marble slabs that are inscribed with commentaries on the Tripitaka (Buddhist cannon) that were erected in 1913. Nearby was Kuthodaw Paya which is similar in a appearance to Sandamani Paya. It contains 729 marble slabs with the entire 15 ...

... full day in Mandalay, I walk down from my hotel near the base of Manadaly Hill to the nearby pagoda district. Kuthodaw Paya is your stock standard old golden pagoda, but surrounding it are hundreds of  slabs of inscribed marble, reciting the ...

... aantal paya's (pagodes), zondag de rest. Ten noordoosten van de oude stad liggen deze allen bij elkaar: Kyauktawgyi Paya, Kuthodaw Paya, Atumashi Kyaung en Shwenandaw Kyaung. Er is nog een vijfde maar hier gelden momenteel strenge toegangsregels. Er ...

... with each containing various comments on the Tripitaka (the Buddhist scriptures I discussed during my Korean visit).  The Kuthodaw Paya was a very lovely temple site, kept immaculately clean and with lots of interesting details (and trees!).  ...

... . Matt wasn't feeling so well at this point, so he stayed in the cab while Alex and I checked out the Kuthodaw Paya. We then drove to and climbed up Mandalay Hill (Matt took a motorbike up) to see the sunset. It took a while to get to the top, but ...

... we have seen (and we’ve seen a few), but impressive as a feat of sculpture. On our way to Mandalay Hill for sunset, we stopped off at Kuthodaw Paya to get a sense of scale of the world’s biggest book. We’re both avid readers, but ...