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Myanmar
INLE LAKE
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Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery
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Inle Lake, the second largest lake in Myanmar, is
a freshwater lake located in the Shan Hills. Shwe
Yan Pyay Monastery is a 19th century monastery
built entirely of teak, painted red, heaving
beside a white pagoda
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The Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery is a short walk to
the north of town and is well known by
photographers because of its unique architecture
with the oval windows
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and for the white stucco temple next to it with
its red interior and thousands of niches, each
holding a small Buddha
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Near Shwe Yan Pyay monastery is a white stupa
with thousands of niches
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All around the central sanctuary is a walkway
with niches. In every niche is a Buddha (and a
sign indicating the Buddhas donor).
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The arched ceiling of this walkway is covered
with mosaic murals of Buddhist themes.
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The righteous (men) get to pluck the fruit of the
tree of virgins
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Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery is a 19th century
monastery built entirely of teak, painted red,
that today remains in full operation as school
and home for young novice monks and their teachers
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Nyaung Shwe is a town a few kilometers north of
Inle Lake in the Shan State of Myanmar. Nyaung
Shwe is the tourist hub for visiting Inle Lake.
It consists of one main thoroughfare with
numerous side streets and a few parallel roads.
The town serves as a marina for the numerous
long boats carrying tourists into the lake. The
lake itself is located a few kilometers south
through a river channel.
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