Kuthodaw

pagodas, Mandalay, Myanmar

Learn about this topic in these articles:

feature of Mandalay

  • Mandalay, Myanmar
    In Mandalay

    …are the 730 pagodas, or Kuthodaw (“Works of Royal Merit”), authorized by King Mindon as a result of the Fifth Buddhist Council. Buddhist scriptures, regarded by Myanmar Buddhists as orthodox texts, are recorded on 729 white marble tablets, and the tablets are set up in a square, each tablet protected…

    Read More