Front:
PAGODICO
RRAWADDY
NEAR MANDALAY
EPinhey
Back:
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BURMA. Series IV.
Raphon
Horiez 1-
Postcard 7880.
By Appointment.
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A Pagoda near Mandalay. A typical riverside scene.
There are hundreds of such pagodas on the Irrawaddy
throughout its entire length. Most of these, however, are
ruins, for although the builder of a pagoda obtains
“merit” by so doing, the repairer of these religious edifices
obtains no reward. This explains the numbers of pagodas
which exist. Anyone who is able to do so prefers to build
a pagoda of his own, rather than increase the glory of some
previous founder by repairing an existing shrine.
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