Chinese Temple [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the street of the entrance to the temple. B. R. Pearn, 'History of Rangoon' (Rangoon, 1939, p. 195), records land grants having been made by the 1850s for a Chinese temple on Dalhousie Street and a 'Foken Chinese Temple' on Strand Road. Subje...
Shoay Dagone Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a roadway towards the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, the main structure partially obscured by palm trees in the foreground.
Mandalay. Maha Lawka Maya Zain Pagoda [Kuthodaw Pagoda]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from Mandalay Hill looking down onto the central pagoda surrounded by 729 shrines containing inscriptions of the Buddhist canon. Situated to the south-east of the foot of Mandalay Hill, the Royal Work of Merit was erected by Mindon Min in 1859.