Pagodas, or stupas, are Buddhist monuments usually containing sacred relics associated with the Buddha or other Buddhist saints. It is possible to find different variations of stupas around the southeastern countries such as the bell-shaped dagaba of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the temple of Borobudur in Java, and the multistoried pagodas of China, Korea, and Japan. Nevertheless, this text focuses on some of the best examples of pagodas around Myanmar.

Kuthodaw Pagodas in Mandalay

Kuthodaw Pagoda, also known as “the world’s largest book,” consists of a gilded pagoda, 729 shrines, and several pavilions. The construction of the complex started in 1860, three years after the founding of Mandalay, and took eight years to complete. Each inscribed marble slab around the shrine represents a page of a book; thus forming the largest book in the world.
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