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Travel story: Myanmar

Lawkawnanda
Lawkananda pagoda was built in 1059 by Anawratha (1044-1077) in Thiripyitsaya on the riverside of the Ayeyerwady, to enshrine a replica of the holy tooth relic sent to him by the king of Sri Lanka and kept in the Shwezigon.

Its base is now being completely overlaid with cut to measure welded copper plates that will be subsequently covered with gold foil like the top. Each temple and pagoda in Myanmar is a financially independent unit managed by a board of... More

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