Myanmar, Burma. Mingun, near Mandalay. Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816, representing Mount Meru.

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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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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, Mingun, Myanmar, Burma
Photo credit: © Charles O. Cecil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anthropology, architecture, asia, buddhism, buddhist, burma, culture, hsinbyume, mandalay, meru, mingun, mount, myanmar, myatheindan, paya, south, stupa