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Believed to date back to 994, the Shwethalyaung Buddha of Bago is the second-largest reclining Buddha in the world. Now located in the city of Bago, the statue measures 180 feet in length and 52 feet in height. The Buddha was lost in 1757, after the city was pillaged, and it wasn't rediscovered until 1880 when a British railway engineer stumbled across it in the middle of the jungle. The statue was in quite poor shape when it was rediscovered, and restoration began the following year. Several giant mosaic pillows were added in 1930, and the Buddha is now kept inside a large shed. Shwethalyaung Buddha
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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