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Monasteries

 

Most countries with a large Buddhist population have a temple or monastery here usually built in a representative architectural style. The Tibetan Karma temple and monastery was built in 1934 and contain a large prayer wheel. The Burmese who led the campaign to restore the Mahabodhi temple in the 19th century built their present monastery in 1936.The Japanese temple has a beautiful Buddha image from Japan and across the road is the Daijokyo temple. There are also Chinese, SriLankan, Bhutanese, Vietnamese and Nepali, Korean, Taiwanese and Bangladeshi monasteries.

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