Purported to host the world's largest book, it's a bit of a semantics issue at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay. The "book" in question is written on stone slabs that are each housed in their own little whitewashed (or blue-washed) stupa. At Kuthodaw, there are 729 stupas with 1,774 more slabs, stupas down the street at Sandamuni Pagoda. The total slab count is considered one book. Who's counting?
In the center of the complex, a grand, gold stupa.
Right, start counting. One of many, many rows of little stupas. Inside each stupa, a fabled slab.
Other details can be found in random prayer areas, mostly Buddha.
More stupa rows, this time wearing white. Darling icon.
Cracking out the wide angle, a grand attempt at capturing the many stupas. Dizzying.
In the center of the complex, a grand, gold stupa.
Right, start counting. One of many, many rows of little stupas. Inside each stupa, a fabled slab.
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More stupa rows, this time wearing white. Darling icon.
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