Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall). Todai-ji Temple. Nara. Japan

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Octogonal bronze lantern and Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall), the largest wooden buiding in the world which houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana (Daibutsu). Todai-ji Temple complex (Buddhist temple, headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism), added to the Unesco Worl Heritage List in 1998 as part of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara". Nara City. Nara Prefecture. Japan

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Size: 5200px × 3453px
Location: Nara City. Nara Prefecture. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel A. Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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