Myanmar, Burma. Mingun, near Mandalay. Hsinbyume Paya Stupa

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Myanmar, Burma. Mingun, near Mandalay. Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816. Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt. Meru, center of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.

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Asia, Buddhism, Buddhist, Burma, Hsinbyume, Mingun Mandalay, Mount Meru, Myanmar, Myatheindan, South Asia, anthropology, architecture, culture, paya, stupa