Kakku Pagodas Temple Complex Prayer Editorial Photo

Kakku Pagoda offers a unique alternative to the plentiful temples spread throughout Southeast Asia. nWhile most of Kakku’s stupas were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, the largest is believed to have been built in the 12th century during the reign of Alaungsithu, King of Bagan, as part of expanding religious sites across his empire. Since then, two main architectural designs have created a distinct forest of 2,478 needle stick pagodas that reach out to take the shape of Buddha’s footprint.