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A trip to Monywa's 'Borobudur': Thanbuddhay Temple

Why 'Borobudur'???  - See,what's coming up! ...

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Below  is an aerial view of the premises....

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... and here (below) is the 'real thing'...isn't it neat?

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The main temple is covered by 471 stupas (they say) so it reminds a bit of Borobudur (not truely if you visited the real one!)

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The view along the eastern walkway (above left) and from the entrance towards north

 

Let's see how it looks inside ...

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the name Sambuddhe or Thanbuddhay  means 'Thousand Buddhas' (above right) ... and above left is a blueprint of the temple with detailed description

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Walking around a while is not a waste of time...

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... because there are many places for nice photos ...
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... and of course you will realise that every wall and every niche is decorated ...

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... with Buddha statues...

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... the number of Buddha statues I heard was more than 580 thousand ...

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So, when we left they had to count 2 more

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Back to daylight again let's  take a walk around ...
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... outside decoration like inside decoration is overwhelming ...

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... and so colourful...

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... that you will automatically think of ...

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... Bollywood movies

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Below a view of the pond in the most eastern corner of the temple ...

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Let's see some more of the premises ... I forgot the story about the scene shown below ...

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Below: the 'wet-pole-climbers' again ...

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Let's go to 'Heaven' for a better view  on the area ...
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... but be aware women are not allowed to go up!
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The view  towards  North (above) and towards  Northwest (below) ...
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... towards  South (above) and towards  Southeast (below) ...
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... and the view  down (below)
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Back to the real world again (below) ...
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... above is the floor plan of the temple again and below  a photo of the construction site and a painting of how they prepared the cement
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See what else is worth visiting on the next page ...

 

 


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