Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Traffic Safety Prayer Hall (1977) near Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was styled after the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, India. Locals come here to have their cars blessed and to buy lucky charms to place in their cars.
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Sri Maha Bodi, the sacred bo tree at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is the world's oldest historically authenticated tree. The original cutting was brought here over 2000 years ago from Bodhgaya, India, by the first Buddhist missionary.
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The Pakokku Bridge (2012) across the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River near Bagan is the longest bridge in Myanmar (Burma). It's part of a route linking India to Thailand via Mandalay.
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These workers are dredging stones from the Goyain River at Jaflong, Bangladesh. The hillside in the background is across the border in Meghalaya, India.
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Stones carried down from the hills of nearby Meghalaya, India, provide a valuable raw material for workers at Jaflong, Bangladesh.
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