Myanmar Kuthodaw Pagoda Contains the largest book in the world
What might seem like just a cluster of small temples surrounding Myanmar's Kuthodaw Pagoda,is actually the world's largest book.
The Kuthodaw Pagoda is a golden temple built in 1857,but it's what lays around the surrounding shrines that draws people near.
In each of the 730 white stupas, stands a marble tablet. Combined , these tablets make up the entirety of Buddha's teachings, written in the ancient Pali language.
Each tablet, or page from the book, stands five feet tall and five inches thick.The tablets were once covered in precious jewels in gold ink.
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However, after the British invasion in the 1880s,the site was looted and the gold ink and gems were stolen.Today, the book is still accessible.The dense writing has since been filled with black ink so the scripture can be read for many years to come.
