Entrance of the Kuthodaw pagoda

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This particular pagoda is considered the largest book in the world. In fact, around the pagoda there are 729 kyauksa or cellars with stone inscriptions, each containing a marble slab engraved on both sides with a text page of the Tripitaka, the entire Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

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Location: Bagan, Myanmar
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