| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
|
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Street scene in Rangoon, the capital of Myanmar.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
|
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Snack seller.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The Shwedagon Pagoda is 58m high and covered in gold plates.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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A pagoda has existed on this site for over 2500 years.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The pagoda is topped by an orb containing 4351 diamonds.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The pagoda dates from 1769.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The pagoda was occupied by the British between 1852 and 1929.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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View across the pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Pilgrims walk around the pagoda on the marble floors.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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A shrine in Indian style.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Visiting the pagoda in the rain.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The pagoda is crammed full of shrines and temples.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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The earliest structures date from the Mon period in the 6th century.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Different styles of roofs.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Structure on the Eastern side of the complex.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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A collection of spires.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Painted images of the Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Guilded Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Reclining Buddha, dating from 1769.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Pilgrims sitting in a shrine.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Buddha with flowers.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Orange roof.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Pilgrims walking along the many shrines of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Children at the pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Family chatting.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
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Women at the pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
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Mandalay and the Irrawady River.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
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Bus in Mandalay.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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The base of Mandalay Hill, an important pilgrimage site.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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One of the many Buddha shrines on the summit of the hill.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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A group of young monks.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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Golden coloured Buddha statue.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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Pilgrims eating.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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Children's play area.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
 |
Kyanktawgyi Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
 |
The Marble Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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The Kuthodaw Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
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The golden spire of the Kuthodaw Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Sandamuni Pagoda
|
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View of the Sandamuni Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Sandamuni Pagoda
|
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Multiple towers.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Sandamuni Pagoda
|
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Woman at the Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Sandamuni Pagoda
|
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Carved gateway.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Sandamuni Pagoda
|
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Children at the temple.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Atumashi Monastery
|
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The stone base of the monastery. The upper wooden section was destroyed in a fire in 1890.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Atumashi Monastery
|
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Exquisite carvings.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Atumashi Monastery
|
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Carved gateway.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Shwenadaw Monastery
|
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The Shwenadaw Monastery is constructed from wood.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Shwenadaw Monastery
|
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Wooden carvings.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Shwenadaw Monastery
|
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Woman at the monastery.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Shwenadaw Monastery
|
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Group of visitors to the temple.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
 |
Typical Mandalay house.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
 |
A family at their home.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
 |
One of the many roadside shrines in the city.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
|
 |
A family.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
 |
Crowds of pilgrims at the Mahamuni Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
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One of the many temples in the complex.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
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Ornate golden tower.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
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A khmer statue.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
 |
Enormous bronze gong with Burmese writing.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
Site / Event : Mahamuni Pagoda
|
 |
People by the sacred pond.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
 |
Mandalay sits on the banks of the Irrawady River.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
 |
The busy port area.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
 |
Canoe on the river.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
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Ferry on the Irrawady.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
 |
Loading a ferry.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Irrawady River
|
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Riverside shrines.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
|
 |
The grounds of a small monastery.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
|
 |
The Mingun Bell is the world's second largest weighing 90 tonnes.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
 |
The Hsinbyume Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
 |
The pagoda dates from 1816.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
 |
The pagoda was built by King Bagyidan in memory of his favourite wife.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
 |
Alibaster carved stupa.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
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A small Buddhist shrine.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Mingun Pagoda
|
 |
Mingun is dominated by the unfinished Mingun Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Mingun Pagoda
|
 |
The pagoda is made from red Earth.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Mingun Pagoda
|
 |
The pagoda has a base 72m square and 50m high.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Mingun Pagoda
|
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Crack in the pagoda caused by an earthquake.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
|
 |
The Sattawya Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
 |
Sagaing is a small village on the banks of the Irrawady.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
 |
A group of people with typical Burmese clothing.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
Site / Event : Kaunghmudan Pagoda
|
 |
The Kaunghmudan Pagoda is modelled after a well-endowed Burmese queen.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
Site / Event : Kaunghmudan Pagoda
|
 |
Close view of the round pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
Site / Event : Kaunghmudan Pagoda
|
 |
One of the many buildings in the complex.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
 |
Sagaing is dotted with many ancient brick buildings.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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Ancient red brick buildings.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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Pagoda dominating the village.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
 |
Two boys outside a shop.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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Boys with typical Burmese face paint.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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Two soldiers guarding a bridge.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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View along the banks of the Irrawady River.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Sagaing
|
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Boats on the Irrawady River.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
 |
Pagan covers an area of 40 sq km and is known as the Valley of the 5000 Temples,
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
 |
Pagan was capital of Burma from 1057 to 1287.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
 |
The Serabha Gateway dates from the 9th century.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
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The Mahabodhi Temple was completed in 1234 in the style of an original in Bihar State in India.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Ananda Temple
|
 |
Ananda Temple (1091) is one of the largest in Pagan.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Ananda Temple
|
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Detail of the temple.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
 |
Pitakat Taik was originally a library for Buddhist scriptures built in 1058.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Shwegngyi Temple
|
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The Shwegngyi Temple dates from 1131.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Shwegngyi Temple
|
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The entrance.
|
1983 |
were added from 1 February 2025.