Myanmar's most famous Buddha image, 13ft high and covered in 6 inches of pure gold leaf , Mahamuni Paya, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Myanmar's most famous Buddha image, 13ft high and covered in 6 inches of pure gold leaf , Mahamuni Paya, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Mahamuni Paya (Mahamuni Buddhist temple), devotees praying and pressing gold leaf onto the Mahamuni buddha statue, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Gold Buddha statue, Mahamuni Paya, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

View of the Great Image, Mahamuni Buddha Temple, Mandalay division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Man carving Buddha in white stone, Mahamuni pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Worshippers at Maha Muni (Great Sage) Pagoda (Mahamuni Paya), Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Shop with marble Buddhas at the Mahamuni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, Burma

Portrait of the golden Mahamuni Buddha frontally Mandalay Burma

Mahamuni statue in Mandalay, Burma, Asia

Believers sticking gold foil on a Buddha statue, Mahamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

The most holy Buddha of the country, the golden Mahamuni Buddha is covered in gold leaf by believers, Mandalay, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia