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Lokahteikpan Temple

Myanmar

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Lokahteikpan (Burmese) is a small but historically significant Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. The temple was founded circa 1125 CE during the reign of King Alaungsithu. It is best known for its fresco paintings and mural inscriptions, which are among the oldest surviving documents written in Old Burmese.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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