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This is Buddha statue and in front 2 holly ancestor named Nats, spirits workshipped in Burma The city gets its name from the nearby Mandalay Hill. The name is likely a derivative of a Pali word although the exact word of origin remains unclear. The root word has been speculated as: "Mandala" (meaning, circular plains),[3] "Mandare" (believed to mean "auspicious land"),[7] or "Mandara" (a mountain from Hindu mythology).[8]

When it was founded in 1857, the royal city was officially named Yadanabon The Burmese version of its Pali name Ratanapura which means "The City of Gems". It was also called Lay Kyun Aung Myei ]; Victorious Land over the Four Islands) and the royal palace, Mya Nan San Kyaw ; Famed Royal Emerald Palace).
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Author DANIEL JULIE from Paris, France
Camera location22° 00′ 49.41″ N, 96° 06′ 45.06″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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