Directory of Pagodas Resources

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Chinese or Japanese Buddhist temple tower, usually a tiered structure of several storeys. It is called in Chinese a t'a and in Japanese a shoro if it served as a bell-tower, or a tahoto if it has a single room with an elaborate superstructure.

Resources in This Category

• Daigoji Temple, Japan

  http://www.daigoji.or.jp/
  The official site provides photographs and a history of this temple with its five-storied pagoda (a National Treasure) erected in 952 A.D.

• Shwedagon Pagoda

  http://www.shwedagon.org/
  An illustrated history, description and visitor information on this glittering Buddhist monument in the heart of Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar.

 

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